Unit FLP1: Farmland Protection

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Unit FLP.1: Farmland Protection
This unit introduces you to the issue of farmland protection. It describes how farmland is defined and why farmland is valued. It also reviews several threats that could cause land uses to be converted from agricultural to other types of uses. This unit does not cover farmland protection activities that are ongoing in Michigan, nor does it review tools and techniques for farmland protection. Future units in this module will provide that information.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this unit, the learner should be able to recognize why farmland protection is an important policy issue in Michigan. In order to meet this objective, the learner should be able to:

Recognize what is meant by farmland
Identify values of farmland
Identify threats to farmland
Describe status and trends for Michigan farmland

Suggested Prerequisites
We suggest that you have an understanding of the following:

Unit Topics
In order to introduce this subject, the following topics are discussed in this unit:

Introduction
What is farmland?
Farmland value to consumers
Farmland value for economy and community
Farmland value for growth management
Farmland value for ecology
Threats from population growth
Threats from land consumption
Threats from the impermanence syndrome
Status and trends
Questions about farmland protection

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