FARMLAND PRESERVATION COMMITTEE

The Farmer’s Creed

Let the Wealthy and Great
Roll in Splendour and State,
I envy them not, I declare it.
I eat my own Lamb,
My Chicken and Ham,
I shear my own fleece, and I wear it.
I have lawns, I have bowers,
I have fruit, I have flowers,
The Lark is my morning alarmer.
So jolly boys now,
Here’s God Speed to the Plough
Long Life and Success to the Farmer.

MISSION STATEMENT:
Assist the Town of New Milford in protecting and preserving farmland for future use.

INTRODUCTION:
Agriculture is a significant part of New Milford’s heritage and can become a vital part of our town’s future. For all of us, preservation of those few remaining farmlands within our town borders has acquired a heightened sense of urgency. This, in 2006, New Milford Mayor Pat Murphy established the New Milford Farmland Preservation Committee, charging it with assisting the town in identifying and implementing strategies for acquiring and protecting farmlands.

Through establishment of the Farmland Preservation Committee, our Town is signaling its conviction that a proactive and systematic approach to acquiring and protecting its few remaining farmlands needs to be implemented urgently. This Strategic Action Plan 2007, developed by the Committee members, represents its short-term road map for getting a long-term effort underway to help the Town achieve that goal.

MAPS

Ridge Road Farms

Farmland Parcels

E-Mail: farmland@newmilford.org

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

STRATEGIC PLAN

FARMLAND BROCHURE