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Resources
- "Preserving Rural Character: The Agriculture Connection"
Technical Bulletin #6 (Winter 2000)
- Preserving Rural Character through Agriculture: A Resource Kit for Planners
A broad array of useful tools and techniques, compiled by the NH Coalition for Sustaining Agriculture. (The 3-ring manual/kit distributed to all NH municipalities by the Coalition has been scanned and all the contents are now available online.)
- Tools for Preserving Barns and Farms (NHDHR)
- New Hampshire Stories, Inc.
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non-profit membership organization that promotes the quality, variety, and availability of New Hampshire-made products and services.
- Farmland Protection
Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food
- Who's Who in New Hampshire Agriculture
Contact information for people and programs, and a brief economic overview of agriculture in New Hampshire, published by the NH Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food.
- NRCS Farmland and Ranch Land Protection Program
- American Farmland Trust
- Conserving the Family Farm
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manual using plain language on conservation easements and agricultural provisions, produced by the NH Coalition for Sustaining Agriculture and UNH Cooperative Extension, (603) 679-5616.
- D'Acres
The mission of the organization (founded in 1997) is to function as an educational center that researches, applies and teaches skills of sustainable living and small-scale organic farming.
- Is Your Town Farm Friendly?
A checklist for sustaining rural character presented by The New Hampshire Coalition for Sustaining Agriculture and UNH Cooperative Extension.
- Creating an Agricultural Commission in Your Hometown
Lorraine Stuart Merrill, for the NH Coalition for Sustaining Agriculture and UNH Cooperative Extension. Agricultural commissions are an effective mechanism for communities to take positive action to remain or become more farm-friendly.
- New Hampshire Farmers’ Market Association
- Food Solutions New England (formerly New Hampshire Center for a Food Secure Future)
- List of towns with Agriculture Incentive Zoning as self-reported by municipalities responding to the annual OEP survey of municipal information.
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Laws and Rules
- SENATE BILL 519
AN ACT establishing a committee to study the establishment of a farm viability program, Effective Date: April 5, 2004
- Laws and Rules
- "Right to Farm Law", Chapter 279 of the Laws of 2000 (HB 97)
- Agricultural Land Preservation Program RSA 432:18
- Acquisition of Agricultural Land Development Rights Ag 700
- "Agricultural activities are a beneficial and worthwhile feature of the New Hampshire landscape and shall not be unreasonably limited by use of municipal planning and zoning powers or by the unreasonable interpretation of such powers." RSA 672:1, III-b
- Best Management Practices
- State law on best management practices for manure management, RSA 431:33-35 applies regardless of local zoning. Generally, if someone does not have enough land to use the manure at agronomic rates, then only temporary storage is allowed and regular hauling and disposal is required. See the BMP manual.
- There is a model Agricultural Incentive Zoning Ordinance that elevates agriculture as the preferred use in appropriate zones (residential uses not associated with agriculture require special use permits). The agricultural district would not be appropriate in more developed parts of town where a zoning ordinance might preclude agricultural uses. The model is part of the Innovative Land Use Planning Techniques: A Handbook for Sustainable Development by DES, OEP, LGC, and the regional planning agencies, with the input of the NH Farm Bureau.
- Good neighbor guide for horse-keeping: manure management UNH Cooperative Extension
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