The 2023 Agricultural Enterprise Area (AEA) petition cycle is open. Petitions materials for new designation and modification to existing AEAs are available on the Petitioning for AEA Designation webpage. Petitions will be accepted until July 28, 2023.
Are you preparing your petition and need help creating the map? Do you want to put together a petition writing workshop? Do you want to host a public meeting for potential petitioners? The Department f Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) will help you through the petition process.
You can contact them at (608) 224-4611 or by email at [email protected]. If you have created your petition and would like feedback before you submit it to the review committee, they are offering to a preliminary review of any petition. You can email your draft petition to [email protected] and indicate in the email that you are interested in a preliminary review by DATCP staff.
Want to learn more about the AEA program and the state’s existing AEAs? Head over to the Agricultural Enterprise Area (AEA) Program homepage to check out the newest AEA Snapshots highlighting the diverse farming communities and unique goals of each AEA in the state.
Don’t see a Snapshot for your local AEA? Contact [email protected] to work with a farmland preservation team member to get started today!
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