Promote enrollment in the Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves Program including supporting legislative changes to strengthen the program. Promote enrollment in the Green Acres Program for properties not enrolled in the Metropolitan Agricultural Preserves Program. (Met Council) 

Encourage preservation of land identified as prime farmland or farmland of statewide importance from uses other than agricultural production and its ancillary uses. (Met Council/Local Government) 

Encourage promulgation of right-to-farm policies and ordinances at the local level. (Met Council/Local Government) 

Support the growth of urban agriculture by encouraging the use of vacant and underutilized parcels for this purpose and by providing model ordinances that promote urban agriculture. (Met Council/Local Government)

1. Encourage creation of small (less than 40 acres) farms within Diversified Rural communities. (Met Council/Local Government)
2. Support changes to the definition of “farm” to expand benefits to smaller (less than 10 acres) farmsteads. (Met Council)
3. Support changes to the building code to reduce the barriers for constructing hoophouses and similar agricultural structures on nonfarm properties. (Met Council)
4. Encourage sustainable models for shared long-term agricultural uses (for example, incubator farms, community farms). (Met Council/Local Government) 

Evaluate rural development patterns and proposals in the Long-Term Sewer Service Area for future economical expansion of regional service. (Met Council)