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Putnam committee forwards contested agricultural-district inclusions, debates start-up criteria
Summary
The Putnam County committee accepted the Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board’s recommendations for seven properties and forwarded several contested start-up farm applications to the full legislature after public testimony and debate over 'viable farmland' and startup eligibility.
Putnam County’s committee accepted the Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board’s recommendations for seven properties and moved them to the full legislature, and it also heard contested applications from several startup farms that the ag board had recommended against.
Christine Nastasi, representing the Ag and Farmland Protection Board, told the committee the board reviewed 11 applications and recommended inclusion for seven properties but declined three because the board judged those parcels did not yet meet the board’s criteria for inclusion. Nastasi said the board revised and resubmitted its report and that a final version was submitted on June 10.
Committee members and applicants debated how to treat start-up farms, beneficial ownership and…
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