St. Lawrence County Planning Office

Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board

In accordance with NYS Agriculture and Markets Law, Section 302 and St. Lawrence County Resolution 276-92, the Board of Legislators has the authority to appoint an Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board of eleven (11) members to advise it related to establishment, modification, continuation, or termination of agricultural districts within St. Lawrence County.

Membership shall include four (4) active farmers, one (1) agri-business representative, and one (1) unspecified member residing in the County, as well as the following positions who shall serve for terms coterminous with their respective offices: Chair of the Soil & Water Conservation District, Member of the Board of Legislators, Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension or his/her designee, Director of Planning, and the Director of Real Property. One of the above may represent “an organization dedicated to agricultural land preservation.”

Term: Four years, no limit.

• Agricultural Districts 1 & 2
• Farming in St. Lawrence County: We've Got Room to Grow!
• Right to Farm Local Law