Status of the
Farmland Stewardship Program

now expanded
to accommodate all types of land uses

  How to Get Updates
 Program Details | Other Useful Information
Landscape Conservation Solutions
Full list of Programs & Services

Overview of complimentary state actions
Details about complimentary state actions

Here's how you can get updates

To stay abreast of steps that are being taken to implement the Farmland Stewardship Program -- and the new, greatly expanded Landscape Conservation Solutions -- you can add your name and email address to our nationwide "update" list.  Brief news items and alerts will be sent out as opportunities emerge for producers in every state to participate. 

To receive these updates, click on Add Me to Your Email Update List.  This will take you to a blank email message.  Please type in your name, title and organization (if applicable), mailing address and email address, then click "send."

Details about the Farmland Stewardship Program:

• Why the Farmland Stewardship Program concept is Important (program summary)

• 3 Examples of How it Will Work

• GAO Report Underscores Need for Farmland Stewardship Program

• Farmland Stewardship Program Basics
  -- Definition
  -- Purposes
  -- Eligible Lands 
  -- Agreements with States, Indian Tribes and Nongovernmental Organizations
  -- The "Service Contract" Concept
  -- Adjusting Existing Programs to Local Needs
  -- Payments  
  -- Participation
  -- Pre-Application Contract
  -- Sample Contract, Appendix and Attachments

Other Useful Information:

• 35 Reasons Why the Farmland Stewardship Program Will Make Existing Conservation Programs More Effective, More Efficient & Capable of Delivering More Money on the Ground 

• A List of Actions Being Taken in 10 States (and 2 Canadian Provinces) to Implement Concepts Embodied in the Farmland Stewardship Program

• How Information from 5 Regional Forums was Used in Developing the Farmland Stewardship Program 

The Farmland Stewardship Program has been expanded:

• Landscape Conservation Solutions

• Programs & services that have grown out of the Farmland Stewardship Program