Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan

Agricultural districts provide the local farming community with certain safeguards, which have the overall goal of keeping agricultural lands in agriculture. The benefits are summarized below:

Limitation on Local Regulation
In 2023, The Fulton County Board of Supervisors hired Community Planning and Environmental Associates (CP&EA) out of Berne, NY to update the original plan that was adopted in 2002. The plan is being funded by a Farmland Protection Planning Grant from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets with matching funds provided by Fulton County. The Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan is expected to be completed by spring 2025.

To view the original plan, please click here.

The following websites offer additional agricultural support and resources: 
• USDA Census of Agriculture
• Cornell University Small Farms
• Cornell Cooperative Extension of Fulton and Montgomery County
• Fulton County Soil and Water Conservation District 
• Fulton County Farm Bureau
• American Farmland Trust
• Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship (CADE)