Learning Circle
Project Goals
- Women landowners view implementing conservation practices on their land as both an economic and environmental benefit and a worthy goal that they are able to successfully accomplish.
- This pilot project field tests this model of conservation extension as a first step in developing the foundation for a scalable program to reach a growing number of women landowners in the coming years.
Objectives
- Women farmland owners acquire the knowledge, skills, attitude and contacts needed to access the information financial and technical resources to plan and implement conservation practices on their land.
- Women who participate in the learning circles implement at least one conservation practice on their land by the end of the project.
- Women farmers and landowners receive communication outreach to stimulate interest for this assistance.
- Project partners are able to enroll the support of agencies, organizations and individuals that will commit to working to establish an on-going women landowner conservation program in Maryland.
Target Audience
- Commodity and “table” crop and animal operations in Queen Anne, Talbot and Kent Counties owned by women living in the local area. Both operator and non-operator landowners should be represented but with a higher percentage of the latter.
- Women representing this audience will be contacted through various means in order to create a pool of prospective participants for the future
- Representatives of federal, state, local agencies and organizations as well as interested individuals will be included will be included in an outreach and engagement strategy.
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