NATURAL PRODUCTS & AGRICULTURE WORKING GROUP

Part of the Sustainability & Natural Resource Management Board

The Natural Products Working Group will be a standing working group of the Sustainability and Natural Resource Management Board. The purpose of Auburn's Natural Products Working Group shall be to proactively build a stronger natural resource economy in Auburn and to address the ongoing needs of protecting and promoting farms, farmland, woodlots, and natural resources based industries.

The Natural Products Working Group shall:

• Work to protect soils of statewide importance
• Promote local resource based economies
• Undertake education and community outreach to promote local commodities
• Provide assistance and contacts for local agricultural and resource based commercial initiatives at the state and federal levels
• Raise funds and develop grant applications to support the goals of promoting natural products in Auburn.
• Review and provide recommendations concerning solar installations in AGRP zoned areas
• Promote local food supplies and address local hunger issues

MEMBERS

Kathy Shaw

David Griswold

David Bell

Katherine Boss

Stanwood Gray

Pam Rousseau

William Sylvester 

Ed Michaud - Associate, non-voting member

Christopher Carson - Associate, non-voting member

City staff liaison: Jay Brenchick

2021 Agriculture Committee Annual Report to Council

Agriculture Committee Emergency Executive Order 01-05022020 FINAL REPORT

          Appendix A  |  Appendix B  |  Appendix C  |  Appendix D  |  Appendix E

Knockout Browntail Webinar

Winter/early spring is a great time to fight Browntail, as nests can be easily spotted, clipped & destroyed. The Auburn Conservation Working Group, Lewiston-Auburn Community Forest Board, and the City of Auburn recently presented a webinar on Browntail moth and other invasive pests.

Presentation by Allison Kanoti, Director of the Maine Forest Service Forest Health and Monitoring Division.

Watch the webinar on our YouTube channel: CLICK HERE.

Auburn's agriculture hub brings Ag Zone data to life! Through the magic of GIS technology, the City of Auburn is able to share data in a whole new way. Using "ArcGIS Hub," Auburn has created a data portal through which we can share information, mapping, reports, and much more. Spend some time exploring Auburn's Agriculture & Resource Protection Zone Hub today!

http://agzone-auburnme.opendata.arcgis.com/  

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2020 Meeting Minutes

August 27, 2020

September 22, 2020

October 27, 2020

December 1, 2020

December 29, 2020