Innovators in Rural Community Economic Development
Tags: Agriculture, Facilitation, Measurement, You Get What You Measure
Client Name: Goody Clancy, Town of Mansfield
Location: Connecticut
Resource Type: Workshop Summary
Author Org: Yellow Wood Associates
Author: Samantha Dunn, Yellow Wood Associates Staff
Year: 2013
This report summarizes an interactive workshop hosted by the Town of Mansfield on the Town’s Agriculture Strategy as part of their Mansfield Tomorrow initiative. Yellow Wood Associates facilitated the workshop in their role as the consultant responsible for developing the Agriculture Strategy for the Mansfield Tomorrow plan. Forty-four participants with an interest in Mansfield’s agricultural future attended the workshop. These participants came from Mansfield and neighboring communities and included farmers, municipal staff, land owners, University of Connecticut staff, food service coordinators, policy makers, agricultural service providers and more.
