RFP-DCP-03-22 - Agricultural Navigator

The County of Dutchess adopted its Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan (hereinafter “the Plan” or “this Plan”) in March 2015. As described in the Plan, a wide variety of governmental agencies and non-profit organizations, having farmland protection or promotion of agriculture as part of their mission, are operating in Dutchess County.
While each organization and agency are unique, an ongoing issue has been a lack of coordination,
communication, and collaboration among all these moving parts, risking a duplication of efforts. Agricultural entities do not always successfully advocate for themselves in a unified manner. A disconnect between agricultural economic development and other traditional economic development programs has also proven to be a disadvantage to the promotion of the farming industry.