Tennessee Farmland Legacy
Planning Today for Tomorrow's Farms
Thank You for a Successful Conference!
Thank you you to all the wonderful speakers and attendees at the 2010 Tennessee Farmland Legacy Conference in Pigeon Forge, TN on November 11 and 12, 2010.
We hope to see you again in 2012!
2010 Conference Materials
Presentations Available for Download
- Joe Gaines, Assistant Commissioner of Market Development, Tennessee Department of Agriculture
The Tennessee Farmland Legacy Partnership
- Daryll Ray, PhD., University of Tennessee, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center
Importance of Agriculture in Tennessee
- Ron Hanson, PhD., University of Nebraska
The “Family Issues” for Farm Business Ownership Succession
Handout
- Jane Howell Starnes, University of Tennessee
Tennessee Farm Family Survey Results
- Ron Hanson, PhD., University of Nebraska
How Much Did Your Lawyer Cost The Family Farm Business?
- Dan Hawk, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development and Dr. Bridget Jones, Cumberland Region Tomorrow
Local Government Planning, Participating in Land Use Decisions
Cumberland Region Tomorrow
- David Arnold, Tennessee Department of Forestry
Incentives for Forest Landowners
- UT Extension, Alice Rhea and Alan Galloway
Planning Today for Tomorrow's Farms
- Warren Nevad, University of Tennessee
Tennessee Renewable Energy Economic Development Council
- David Mercker, University of Tennessee
How to market your timber?
- Panel: Options for Landowners and Beginning Farmers
FSA, Donald Gray
Farm Credit, Ricky West
The Land Trust for Tennessee, Emily Parish
- Adam Taylor, University of Tennessee
Emerging Markets and Issues
- Peggy Kirk Hall, The Ohio State University, Center for Policy Innovation,
Legal Issues Affecting Farm Viability
- Panel: What are other states doing?
Peggy Kirk Hall, Center for Policy Innovation, Ohio State University
Kevin Schmidt, Virginia Department of Agriculture, Office of Farmland Preservation
Jerry Dorsett, NC State Working Lands Coordinator for the NC Dept. of Environment & Natural Resources
2008 Conference Materials
Presentations Available for Download
- Rhedona Rose, Tennessee Farm Bureau
Importance of Agriculture in Tennessee
- Dr. Ron Hanson, University of Nebraska
You Can Buy the Family Farm but Just Remember That I Still Own It
- Dr. Ron Hanson's Resource Handout
You Can Buy the Family Farm but Just Remember That I Still Own It-Resource Handout
- Dr. David Ostermeier, University of Tennessee
Trends in Tennessee Forest Lands
- Emily Parish, Land Trust for Tennessee
Understanding Conservation Easements
- John Rissler, Nation Resource conservation Service (NRCS)
National Resource Conservation Service Easement Programs
- Comptroller's Office, Greenbelt Program
Greenbelt Program/Property Taxes
- Dr. Bridget Jones, Comprehensive Planning
Land Policy Tools: Comprehensive Planning, Case Study in Maury County
- Dr. Bridget Jones, Quality Growth Toolbox
Land Policy Tools: Quality Growth Toolbox
- Tim Roach, Conservation Subdivisions
Land and Policy Tools: Conservation Subdivisions
- Dr. Ron Hanson, University of Nebraska
Farm Estate Planning
- Gerry Cohn, American Farmland Trust
Planning for Agriculture
- Steve Auterman and Hunter Gee, Looney, Ricks, Kiss Architects, Inc.
Rural Stewardship
- Rhedona Rose, Cost of Community Services
Cost of Community Services: Tipton, Blount, Robertson
- Century Farm Luncheon
Celebrating and Honoring Tennessee’s Pioneer Farms
- Rob Holland and Megan Bruch, Center for Profitable Agriculture
Farmers and the Local Community
- Joe Gaines, Tennessee Agriculture Enhancement Program
Preserving Farms through Farm Profitability
- John Rissler, National Resource Conservation Service
Preserving Farms through Farm Profitability
- Dan Beasley, USDA Rural Development
Preserving Farms through Farm Profitability

