APR Program - Agritourism & Non-Ag Activities

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* 1. Does your farm have an Agricultural Preservation Restriction on it?

Yes

If Y, when was it conserved?

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* 2. Is your farm under 61A

Yes

What town is your (primary) farm located in?

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* 3. Please list any/all recent interactions with MDAR/APR Program:

in-person meeting

field visit or monitoring inspection

listening session

DAR materials sent/received, such as Farm & Market Report or APR Prime E-Newletter

DAR organized workshop, conference, public event

grant applicant

phone call

other

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* 4. Have you held events/activities that may be considered not related to your primary agricultural production in the past 5 years? Examples might be weddings, concerts not related to a harvest window, 3rd-party racing events, storage or use of the property by third-party producers?

Yes

If Y, how many per year? Can you describe scale/scope? Attendance #s? Dates?

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* 5. If you answered N to #4, would you be interested in, or have you been asked to host, these types of activities in the future?

Yes

What are your concerns for holding these types of activities on your own farmland? What activities seem most worth your time (e.g. type of industry: special events, non-ag uses [light industrial], 1-time opportunities, tourism/camping/education)? Provide detail

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* 6. Do you charge admission or fees for events?

Yes

What % of your gross farm income originates from these activities?

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* 7. Do you ever alter your ag production to accommodate non-ag activities? Eg. might be mowing in advance of regular haying intervals; regrading areas; not planting certain fields or cropable areas that may interfere with parking/public attendance?

Yes

If Y, please explain

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* 8. Have you regularly worked with third-party entities to plan and execute non-agricultural events?

Yes

If Y, have you had a contract in place? Does contract allow rescinding or require entities to remediate ag areas that may be affected by activity? Provide detail

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* 9. DAR is currently revising its Special Permit guidance; what changes or recommendations would you suggest to DAR? What process/engagement level would work best for you to interact with DAR around non-ag activties? How would you best be informed of changes in DAR policy? Provide detail

APR Program - Agritourism & Non-Ag Activities

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* 1. Does your farm have an Agricultural Preservation Restriction on it?

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* 2. Is your farm under 61A

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* 3. Please list any/all recent interactions with MDAR/APR Program:

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* 4. Have you held events/activities that may be considered not related to your primary agricultural production in the past 5 years? Examples might be weddings, concerts not related to a harvest window, 3rd-party racing events, storage or use of the property by third-party producers?

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* 5. If you answered N to #4, would you be interested in, or have you been asked to host, these types of activities in the future?

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* 6. Do you charge admission or fees for events?

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* 7. Do you ever alter your ag production to accommodate non-ag activities? Eg. might be mowing in advance of regular haying intervals; regrading areas; not planting certain fields or cropable areas that may interfere with parking/public attendance?

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* 8. Have you regularly worked with third-party entities to plan and execute non-agricultural events?

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* 9. DAR is currently revising its Special Permit guidance; what changes or recommendations would you suggest to DAR? What process/engagement level would work best for you to interact with DAR around non-ag activties? How would you best be informed of changes in DAR policy? Provide detail

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* 10. What can DAR do for your farm during the COVID-19 health crisis? Please list resources that could help support your agricultural operations