The following reports provide data that has been tracked and compiled by the Office of Farmland Preservation (OFP) and other partners in order to identify threats and opportunities for farmland over time.
OFP is providing this final report as a resource to Washington state farmland preservation practitioners who are considering adoption of agricultural conservation easement affordability provisions. Nothing in this report should be considered to be legal advice that would replace the advice of an easement holder’s independent legal counsel. Learn more about this report here.
In 2023, the Legislature HB 1552 (2023) directed SCC to conduct a study of urban agricultural opportunities and barriers in Washington state. The final report focused on urban and peri-urban farmers and gardeners who primarily grow agricultural products outdoors.
OFP publication that identifies trends, conditions, and opportunities related to farmland preservation in Washington over time.
2019 Washington State Farmland Preservation Indicators Report (PDF).
2019 one-page summary of indicator groups:
2015 Farmland Preservation Indicators Report (PDF)
2009 Farmland Preservation Indicators Report (PDF)
2020 OFP report of Conservation Futures tax levy (PDF)
2019 OFP report of Conservation Futures tax levy (PDF)
Conservation Futures is a county tax levy program provided for in RCW 84.34.230 that protects, preserves, maintains, improves, restores, and limits the future use of threatened areas of open space, timberlands, wetlands, habitat areas, culturally significant sites, and agricultural farmlands. Conservation Futures funds, acquired through a property levy, are used to purchase rights or interests in real property for counties to preserve lands of public interest for future generations.
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