[Massplanners] Municipally owned farmland

[Carolyn Britt]

Corrin,

You might also try some of the land holding and management non-profits 
that often manage town-owned farm land for them, such as Essex County 
Greenbelt.

Thank you for asking the question as I would guess this is often 
over-looked.

Carolyn Britt, AICP

Ipswich Climate Resiliency Committee

1 Shagbark Woods

Ipswich, MA 01938

978-356-9881

On 2/16/2024 10:46 AM, Corrin Meise-Munns via MassPlanners wrote:
> Hello Planners,
>
> Longmeadow owns a parcel of working farmland under conservation 
> restriction that we lease out to a commercial farmer. We are kicking 
> off a review of the lease in order to require and/or encourage more 
> ecologically-friendly best practices to steward soil health and water 
> quality. Not being farm experts ourselves, we want to ensure that our 
> lease considers these factors while also steering clear of 
> micro-managing the lessee to the point where the contract becomes 
> unattractive or unprofitable for the farmer.
>
> Do any of your communities have experience in leasing farmland out to 
> a commercial farmer? If so, do you feel that your lease does a good 
> job in the aforementioned areas? Or, would you be interested in a 
> brainstorm? Always looking to learn from or with others.
>
> Thanks,
> Corrin
>
> -- 
> *Corrin Meise-Munns* /(she/her)/
> Assistant Town Manager / Director of Planning & Community Development/
> /
> Town of Longmeadow, MA
> (413) 565-4110
>
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