Creative Ways to Protect Brant County's Farmland and Natural Heritage – Ella Haley & Richard Tunstall

A Pecha Kucha style presentation on preserving Brant County farmland. Delivered by Ella Haley and Richard Tunstall at Paris Lectures on October 18, 2016.

Transcript

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
17. Langford Conservancy
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
22. 10.18 #PARISNORTH Langford Conservancy LCONSERV.ORG