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Creative Ways to Protect Brant County's Farmland and Natural Heritage – Ella Haley & Richard Tunstall
- 1. Creative Ways to Protect Brant County's Farmland and Natural Heritage ELLA HALEY RICHARD TUNSTALL 10.18 #PARISNORTH LCONSERV.ORG
- 2. Protecting Brant County’s Watershed, Farmland & Natural Heritage Richard Tunstall and Ella Haley Langford Conservancy ella@lconserv.org Lconserv.org, 519-647-0307
- 4. Two greatest barriers to new farmers are lack of access to land and capital. 1 National Young Farmers Coalition Report, 2015
- 5. The Ontario Greenbelt – 10 Year Review
- 6. The Great Canadian Landgrab
- 7. No Farmland = No Local Farmers = No Local Food
- 9. Sprawl – Brant/Brantford Boundary Deal
- 10. Brant County: 1980 Protected Agricultural Ribbon
- 11. 1) If the Minister Approves the Brant/ Brantford Boundary Deal – Appeal 2) Grow the Greenbelt 3) Conservation Easements 4) Land Trust buys land Creative Solutions:
- 12. 1) Challenge the Brant/Brantford Boundary Deal
- 13. 2) Create a Grand River Watershed Greenbelt
- 14. 3) Protect Land with Conservation Easements
- 15. 4) Purchase by Land Trust and Lease to New Farmers
- 16. SOLUTION Preserve farmland and provide new small-scale organic farmers access to affordable farmland
- 19. Our Aim: • To initially sell community bonds to raise funds to buy a farm • Organic farmers will be able to hold long-term leases on protected land Community Bond Campaign
- 20. Timeline & Milestones Sept 2016 March 2017 ✓ Complete Fundraising ✓ Recruit New Organic Farmers ✓ Make the offer on the Farm ✓ Complete Renovation for 5 Housing Units ✓ Complete building the pond for irrigation ✓ Review the applications for New Organic Farmers ✓ First round of New Farmers start farming (no housing req) Sept 2017 ✓ Second round of New organic farmers move-in & start farming ✓ Ultimate vision: knowledge sharing to scale the project elsewhere
- 21. Contact ella@lconserv.org or richard@lconserv.org 519-647-0307 lconserv.org For More Information