Valley Futures Forum: "A New Perspective on Ag Land in the San Joaquin Valley" on January 20

A New Perspective on Agricultural Land in the San Joaquin Valley with Ed Thompson, American Farmland Trust

American Farmland Trust has been working with the Information Center for the Environment at U.C. Davis to map physical characteristics of agricultural land in the San Joaquin Valley as they relate to its future economic viability and pressures from urban and rural development. This information can help guide planners and officials as they do a rural "greenprint" to complement the region's Blueprint for urban growth. This will be the first presentation of the maps and data from this project.

January 20, 2011
5:00 - 6:45 pm

Great Valley Center
Community Room
201 Needham St.
Modesto, CA

Fee for the Forum: $10 (payable at the door)

For more information, please visit our new website at www.valleyfuturesforum.org or email nuplanner@gmail.com

About Edward Thompson:
Since 2003, Edward Thompson, Jr., has been California Director of American Farmland Trust, a national conservation organization he has also served as general counsel, policy director and senior vice president. He is the author of several groundbreaking publications on California agriculture, including Alternatives for Future Urban Growth in California’s Central Valley: The Bottom Line for Agriculture and Taxpayers; Water Policy and Farmland Protection: A New Approach to Saving California’s Best Agricultural Lands (with Marc Reisner); and, most recently, California Agricultural Vision: Strategies for Sustainability. He earned his B.A. in government from Cornell and a J.D. from George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C.

About the Valley Futures Forum (VFF):
The VFF is a dynamic conversation on development issues in the San Joaquin Valley. The VFF is held on the third Thursday of each month at 5:00pm, from January through November.

The VFF is presented by:
American Planning Association, Central Section; Building Industry Association of Central California; Congress for the New Urbanism, NorCal Chapter; Great Valley Center; Local Government Commission; Modesto Chamber of Commerce.

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