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Trustees to seek tenant farmer for Chestnut Hill Farm; commission reasserts duty to enforce conservation restriction
Summary
The Sudbury Valley Trustees plan to solicit a tenant farmer for Chestnut Hill Farm with help from Land for Good; the Conservation Commission said it views itself as the primary enforcer of the site's conservation restriction and reported concern about Select Board members urging relaxed enforcement.
Trustees of the Chestnut Hill property told the Town of Southborough Conservation Commission they plan to recruit a tenant farmer and expect to issue a request for proposals this winter, a move trustees staff said is intended to restore active agriculture at the site.
At the meeting, Commissioner Ben reported from a recent Deerfoot Barn meeting hosted by the trustees and said trustees expect to seek a professional tenant farmer rather than operating the farm themselves. Commissioner Ben said the trustees are working with Land for Good, a nonprofit that connects farmers and landowners, and that the trustees plan to prepare a prospectus and may share a draft request for proposals with the commission and Sudbury Valley…
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