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Agricultural and Forest Strategic Plan Agricultural and Forestry Viability Task Force 1 9 Goals I. More Ag & Forestry Training Options (Mike Burton) II. Need Comprehensive Food Assessment (Mike B.) III. What Grows Here (Dennis Dove) IV Buy

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Agricultural and Forest Strategic Plan

Agricultural and Forestry Viability Task Force

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9 Goals

  • I. More Ag & Forestry Training Options (Mike Burton)
  • II. Need Comprehensive Food Assessment (Mike B.)
  • III. What Grows Here (Dennis Dove)

IV Buy Local Food and Forest Products (Dennis D )

  • IV. Buy Local Food and Forest Products (Dennis D.)
  • V. Farm and Forestry Continuity (Ann‐Margaret Shortt)

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  • VI. Promote Biomass Energy Production (Jack Wall)
  • VII. Research & Educate Forest Land Use Valuation

(Jimmy Conner)

  • VIII. Provide Info to Farmland and Forest Owners

(Dennis Anderson)

  • IX. Water Strategies (Dennis Dove)

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Task Force Participants

Businesses

  • Stellar One
  • Farmers: Beef Dairy Produce
  • VA Dept of Forestry
  • Farmers: Beef, Dairy, Produce
  • Floyd Eco Village

Non‐profits/Other Volunteers F B Agencies

  • Cooperative Extension
  • Farm Bureau
  • New River Land Trust
  • Partnership for Floyd
  • Economic Development

Authority of FC

  • Floyd County Comm & Econ

Partnership for Floyd

  • SustainFloyd
  • Young Farmers

Floyd County Comm & Econ Devel

  • Floyd County High School Ag

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  • Floyd County Planning

Commission

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Additional Future Collaborators?

Businesses

  • Banks
  • Floyd Press
  • VA Dept of Ag & Consumer Svcs
  • VA Dept of Emergency Mgmt

VA D t f C & R Floyd Press

  • More Farmers
  • Riverbend
  • Roanoke Times
  • VA Dept of Conserv. & Rec.
  • VT Appalachian Foodshed
  • Roanoke Times
  • R G Cattle Co., etc.

Agencies Non‐profits/Volunteers

  • 4‐H
  • Floyd County Chamber of

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  • Floyd County Board of

Supervisors and PSA

  • Floyd County Emergency

Floyd County Chamber of Commerce

  • Master Gardeners

S t i bl Li i Ed ti

  • Floyd County Emergency

Services Coordinator

  • Floyd County Schools

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  • Sustainable Living Education

Center

  • Western Virginia Land Trust
  • New River Valley PDC
  • Skyline Soil & Water District
  • Young Farmers
  • Any interested citizens

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  • I. Increase Options for

Ag & Forestry Training

  • K‐12 Students

– Experiential learning at schools, begin early Real field experience like – Real field experience like internships on farms including entrepreneurial/small entrepreneurial/small business training

  • Adults

– Working Model Farm School with hands‐on farming skills and farm management using local experts

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  • II. Comprehensive Food

Assessment

  • Develop detailed list of inflows and
  • utflows of food to and from Floyd County
  • utflows of food to and from Floyd County

area to understand potential food markets

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  • III. What Grows Best Here?

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  • Provide simpler

interpretation of Soil Data now available online now available online

  • Develop County specific

list of best‐fit crops (build l i f f

  • n general info from

Cooperative Ext)

  • Look into small grains and

Look into small grains and infrastructure requirements /

  • ID additional/alternate

livestock opportunities (and highlight current (and highlight current successes)

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  • III. What Grows Best Here?

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  • Provide simpler

interpretation of Soil Data now available online now available online

  • Develop County specific

list of best‐fit crops (build l i f f

  • n general info from

Cooperative Ext)

  • Look into small grains and

Look into small grains and infrastructure requirements /

  • ID additional/alternate

livestock opportunities (and highlight current (and highlight current successes)

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  • III. What Grows Best Here?

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  • Provide simpler

interpretation of Soil Data now available online now available online

  • Develop County specific

list of best‐fit crops (build l i f f

  • n general info from

Cooperative Ext)

  • Look into small grains and

Look into small grains and infrastructure requirements /

  • ID additional/alternate

livestock opportunities (and highlight current (and highlight current successes)

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  • III. What Grows Best Here?

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  • Provide simpler

interpretation of Soil Data now available online now available online

  • Develop County specific

list of best‐fit crops (build l i f f

  • n general info from

Cooperative Ext)

  • Look into small grains and

Look into small grains and infrastructure requirements /

  • ID additional/alternate

livestock opportunities (and highlight current (and highlight current successes)

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  • IV. Buy Local Food and Forestry

d Products Campaign

  • Produce a Buy Local
  • Produce a Buy‐Local

Guide

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  • IV. Buy Local Food and Forestry

d Products Campaign

  • Create Buy‐Local food

and forest product and forest product campaign

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  • IV. Buy Local Food and Forestry

d Products Campaign

  • Explore the options of

Explore the options of local School system using more local using more local products (food and forestry) forestry)

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  • IV. Buy Local Food and Forestry

d Products Campaign

  • Create website example: www.buylocalpa.org

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  • V. Encourage Farm and Forestry

Continuity through conservation easements land Continuity through conservation easements, land

transition‐estate planning, mentoring & other voluntary programs voluntary programs

  • Coordinate with the Planning Commission
  • Provide education and outreach

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  • VI. Promote Biomass Energy Production using

Advanced Incinerators For heat and power for b i d h l businesses and schools

  • Assess how the system

could work in FC

– Follow evolving technologies – Investigate compact d l t t t i development strategies for ultimate efficiency – Base biomass energy production on Forest production on Forest Growth Potential – Co needs oversight to approve or refuse facilities based on scale to protect natural resources like water

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  • VI. Promote Biomass Energy

Production continued

– Look at Schools and Prepare for when coal‐fired boiler replacement needed to replacement needed to convert to local biomass‐fired boiler bo e – Also, look at full range of forest resources, like more , local composting and planting media (like bark) and pellets

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  • VII. Research and

Educate regarding Educate regarding Forestry Land Use Valuation

  • Educate all citizens on

l f f t i value of forestry in Floyd Co inc. economic water economic, water quality and quantity)

  • Encourage Analysis and
  • Encourage Analysis and

Planning, including adoption of new

Board of Supervisor’s participation sought

adoption of new Comprehensive Plan

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  • VIII. Provide Succinct Info for Forest

d l d and Farmland Owners

  • Distribute new Forest Owner’s

G id f Fl d C Guide for Floyd County – Seek grant funds to print copies copies – Distribute Guide to New Residents (County website, l ) realtors, etc.)

  • Create Checklist for starting a

farm or forestry business farm or forestry business

  • Create a Checklist for Farmers

regarding what’s needed to seek a loan (PLUS options for income such as easements, renting)

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  • IX. Water Priority Strategies
  • Maintain Water Quantity and Quality
  • Maintain Water Quantity and Quality

– Need Water Plan to avoid/reduce drought impacts P t t t i / ll f tit di ti – Protect current springs/wells from quantity disruption and contamination Educate citizens on water resources – Educate citizens on water resources

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  • IX. Water Priority Strategies
  • Maintain Water Quantity and Quality
  • Maintain Water Quantity and Quality

– Educate citizens on water resources

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  • IX. Water Priority Strategies (cont)
  • Educate Landowners on the need to manage
  • Educate Landowners on the need to manage

Drainfield and Septic Tanks

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Water Priority Strategies cont

  • Gather more Information on

Water in Floyd County Water in Floyd County

– Continue building water database – Add monitoring equipment to – Add monitoring equipment to

  • ne or two wells

– Add a weather station or two to Add a weather station or two to better track rainfall – Add one or two stream gauges Add one or two stream gauges along Little River – Seek assistance in analyzing data y g to understand groundwater recharge and water resources

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  • IX. Water Priority Strategies cont
  • IX. Water Priority Strategies cont
  • The County should explore all options to

The County should explore all options to provide for future water needs and to protect local ground and service water from pre‐emption from other localities.

– Conduct preliminary assessments of possible pumped storage or reservoir – Adopt any and all measures to prohibit or

  • ppose inter basin transfer of water (in which
  • ppose inter‐basin transfer of water (in which
  • ther localities could lay claim to the waters of

Floyd County.)

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Evaluation and Follow Up Evaluation and Follow Up

  • Group Plans to Meet at least Twice/year to

Group Plans to Meet at least Twice/year to Continue Explore and Follow Up—Agricultural and Forestry Committee? and Forestry Committee?

  • Also available to the Board of Supervisors if

any information is needed any information is needed

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