1. Every Acre Counts Urban Agriculture
Utah Intergovernmental Roundtable
October 26, 2011

2. Why Urban Ag and Small Scale Farming?
As our population grows and farmland becomes more scarce and more fragmented smaller farms in rural and urban areas can offer diverse solutions and meet the demands of niche markets.

3. Herriman is an example of a fringe city
Herriman is an example of a fringe city. From , its population grew by over 1000% - think about that, 1000% - If we look back to 1996, we can see that it …..
Herriman, 1996

4. Herriman, 2006

5. SE Spanish Fork, 1996

6. SE Spanish Fork, 2006

7. Cherry Drive
Peach Street
Perry, 1996

8. Perry, 2006

9. RE-THINK SCALE

10. B.U.G. Farms - Salt Lake City
In the same way that we encourage small business and entrepreneurship in our state and in local communities, we need to support small farms and farmers in urban and rural areas.

11. Tagge’s Famous Fruit - Holladay

12. Our Future
As our population grows AGRICULTURE needs to have a place in the design & planning of our communities
Initiate/encourage/support planning efforts in communities , just like we plan for schools, roads, residential areas. We should have some per capita planning goal for farmsland
Funding for Conservation easements. Have funding available for e CE’s for farmers who want to preserve their farms and are willing to sacrifice windfall profits from development.