Planning for Landscape Integrity in the 21st Century

The National Agricultural Landscapes Forum brought together thought-leaders from around the country to foster a deeper understanding and dialogue about major trends and issues shaping the future of agriculture, conservation and rural regions. Held April 7 and 8 in the shadow of a federal government shutdown, the forum put forward policy

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Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan Gives Hopeful Keynote Address at Connecticut Farmland Conference

Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro’s inspiring introduction of Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Kathleen Merrigan, highlighted her many accomplishments on behalf of agriculture and gave attendees at our conference in New Haven last month a sense of the Deputy Secretary’s commitment to local farms and

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Come Hear Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan Speak at Connecticut Farmland Conference

Who: Farmers, conservationists, town officials, anti-hunger advocates, locavores, chefs, and all supporters of farmland preservation.

What: Working Lands Alliance Conference; Plowing Ahead: Farmland Preservation in 2010 and Beyond

When: March 27th 2010; 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

Where: Kroon Hall, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT

Kathleen Merrigan, the Deputy Secretary of the U.S.

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