S02e03 – Barry Lonik – Buy-Protect-Sell + Leadership = Saving the Aprill Farm

Buy-Protect-Sell + Leadership = Saving the Aprill Farm Episode 3: Barry Lonik – Treemore Ecology and Land Services Saving the Aprill Farm When an exceptional piece of farmland became available in Scio Township, Michigan, longtime land conservation specialist Barry Lonik and township officials found a way to protect it through an innovative “Buy-Protect-Sell” transaction strategy. Barry details the synchronicities and forward-thinking community leadership that made it possible. The Aprill Farm About Barry Lonik Barry Lonik has led the effort to establish the model farmland and natural area protection programs in Washtenaw County for nearly 30 years, some of the most successful in Michigan. Barry started the Legacy Land Conservancy and served as its first executive director for six and a half years, developing it into an effective nonprofit organization. About Barry Lonik More Information Episode 3 Transcript USDA ACEP Agricultural Conservation Easement Program USDA RCPP Resource Conservation Partnership Program MDARD – Agriculture Preservation Fund City of Ann Arbor Green Belt Millage Washtenaw County Conservation District Scio Twp Land Preservation Commission Scio Twp Preserved Properties Scio Twp Protected Lands (map) Tantre Farm Brines Farm Nature and Nurture Seeds Green Things Farm Collective Joseph Fazio, attorney from the firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock, and Stone Buy Protect Sell Webinar Series – American Farmland Trust National Young Farmers Coalition – Land Link Directory Land for Good – Farm Link Programs Finding Land to Farm National Young Farmers Coalition – A Path to Conservation and Farm Viability: Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easements. The post S02e03 – Barry Lonik – Buy-Protect-Sell + Leadership = Saving the Aprill Farm appeared first on Farms For Tomorrow.