Deerfield Community-Wide Forum on Farm and Landowner Assistance Programs

This forum will be an opportunity to hear about programs that can assist farmers and landowners. Please come and learn how to benefit from these programs, and what you can and cannot do with your drainage ditches.

Agenda
Mark Stinson, Circuit Rider, Division of Wetlands & Waterways – Western Region, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection:
Wetlands Protection Act – Farming in Wetlands

Rita Thibodeau and Catherine Magee, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS):
Overview of NRCS Farm and Landowner Assistance Programs, Due Dates, Process for Applications

Franklin Conservation District and Massachusetts Association of Conservation Districts:
Programs for Producers and the Public

Community in Support of Agriculture (C.I.S.A):
Programs for Farmers

This event is brought you by the Town of Deerfield through a MVP grant.