Create Your Own Local Action Plan

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   please scroll down & view the documents listed below
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Program Overview  
Documents to Download

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How You Can Develop a Local Action Plan (5)

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Introduction to A New Look at Agriculture (2)

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Executive Summary: A New Look at Agriculture (20) 

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Proposed Budget (2) -  How much will it cost for the first meeting and for the full series of five meetings?  How much will it cost if you can get most services and materials donated?

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Sample Funding Proposal (xx) - Here's a proposal you can adapt to your own needs to send to community foundations in your area to obtain funding for your meetings. To obtain a list of community foundations in the U.S., click list of community foundations.  
How to Obtain Assistance in Preparing & Running Meetings (2) - Two professional facilitators are on call, ready to assist you with any problem or question you have.

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To contact the facilitators by email please click:

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For questions about the "New Look at Agriculture" project, or to provide comments and suggestions, click:

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Documents Available - Meeting 1
Planning Documents - Meeting 1 (Goal 1) 
Title / Number of pages
Facilitation Procedures - Goal 1 (15)
Goal 1 - Improving Producer Profitability - Poster Documents  (31)
Evaluation Form (2)  
Read-Ahead Documents - Meeting 1 (Goal 1) 
Title / Number of pages
Goal 1 - Improving Producer Profitability - Handout  (31)
Excerpt 1 - Guiding Principles (2)
Excerpt 2 - Purpose of the Concept Paper  (1)
Excerpt 3 - What Does This Mean to Me?  (7)
Excerpt 4 - The Many Values of Agriculture (6)
 
Documents Available - Meeting 2
Planning Documents - Meeting 2 (Goal 2) 
Title / Number of pages
Facilitation Procedures - Goal 2 (15)
Goal 2 - Creating a Conducive Business Climate - Poster Documents  (26)
Evaluation Form (2)  
Read-Ahead Documents - Meeting 2 (Goal 2) 
Title / Number of pages
Goal 2 - Creating a Conducive Business Climate - Handout  (26)
Excerpt 7 - The Problems with Regulations (9)
Documents Available - Meeting 3
Planning Documents - Meeting 3 (Goal 3) 
Title / Number of pages
Facilitation Procedures - Goal 3 (15)
Goal 3 - Providing Adequate Infrastructure - Poster Documents  (21)
Evaluation Form (2)  
Read-Ahead Documents - Meeting 3 (Goal 3) 
Title / Number of pages
Goal 3 - Providing Adequate Infrastructure - Handout  (21)
Documents Available - Meeting 4
Planning Documents - Meeting 4 (Goal 4) 
Title / Number of pages
Facilitation Procedures - Goal 4 (15)
Goal 4 - Enhancing Compatibility with the Environment - Poster Documents  (25)
Evaluation Form (2)  
Read-Ahead Documents - Meeting 4 (Goal 4) 
Title / Number of pages
Goal 4 - Enhancing Compatibility with the Environment - Handout  (25)
Excerpt 6 - How Much are Resource Values Worth? (5) 
Documents Available - Meeting 5
Planning Documents - Meeting 5 (Goal 5) 
Title / Number of pages
Facilitation Procedures - Goal 5 (15)
Goal 5 - Integrating Agriculture Into the Landscape - Poster Documents  (28)
Evaluation Form (2)  
Read-Ahead Documents - Meeting 5 (Goal 5) 
Title / Number of pages
Goal 5 - Integrating Agriculture Into the Landscape - Handout  (28)
Excerpt 16 - The Economics of Land Use (17) 
Excerpt 17 - The Case of Eliminating Estate Taxes (10) 


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