Agriculture Development Board
Anthony McCracken, Sr., AICP/PP
Assistant Director
Established in 1983, the Agriculture Development Board is a ten member board
of which seven voting members are appointed by the Board of Chosen
Freeholders.
The Board meets on the second Monday of the month at the 4-H / Extension
Center on Milltown Road in Bridgewater. The responsibilities of the Board
are to:
identify areas of the County that offer long-term viability of agriculture
in Somerset County:
Somerset County Agriculture
Retention & Development Master
Plan Executive Summary.encourage county farmers to place their lands in permanent agricultural open
space in perpetuity:
Preservation programs
2003 Somerset County traditional
easement purchase application form
Development Committee
strive to reach a critical land mass necessary to stabilize agriculture in
Somerset County.maintain a data bank of agriculturally-related procedures, rules and
legislative initiatives for farmers and citizens to use as a resource base.
create agricultural investment opportunities between farmers and
business-related agriculture to the benefit of both.
Agricultural Activities
Green and Growing Newsletter
– Spring 2009 Issue (pdf)
County Planning Incentive Grant (PIG) Application – Individual Farm
Application
Final Somerset County Comprehensive Farmland Preservation Plan – May 2008
55 MB
Agriculture Development Board Meeting Schedule
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