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Laws

Rhode Island TDR Enabling Statute (R.I. Gen. Laws § 45-24-33(b)(2) (2004).)

Rhode Island Right to Farm Enabling Statutes (R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 2-23-1 to 2-23-7 (2004).)

Statistics

Farms

1,219

Land in farms (acres)

67,819

Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)

65,908

Agricultural land developed between 1982 and 2007 (acres)

13,900

Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture and the 2007 National Resources Inventory

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Legislative Updates

Rhode Island Senate Bill 97 (2011)

Rhode Island Senate Bill 2275 (2010)

Rhode Island Senate Bill 2278 (2010)

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Literature

FIC Fact Sheets

New England Beef-to-Institution Marketing Study

A Vision for Rhode Island Agriculture: Five-Year Strategic Plan

Farmland Transfer and Protection in New England

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