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Appendix 9, Pag~4 of 6 <br />Taxes <br />70) Lower taxes on farm/and <br />77) Help with tax incentives for rura/farming operations <br />72) Reduce "farmed" acreage to quantify as a farm for taxation <br />73) Lowerfarm taxes <br />94) Don't want to see more taxes for anything <br />95J Lower farm tax <br />>6J Reasonab/e property taxes, <br />77) Don't tie the hands offarmers with taxes <br />98) Keep taxes /ow <br />79) Keep agricu/ture taxes low to keep farmers in business <br />20) Farm taxes exempt <br />Added Va/ue/Diversification <br />27) Diversification <br />22) Niche marketing <br />23) Va/ue added enterprises, f/nancia/partnerships <br />24) Shared use faci/ity <br />Aa Enterprise Deve/opment <br />25) /ncentives to keep farmers in business <br />26) Work w/local farmers on a/ternatives to traditions/farming (/, a agribusiness <br />opportunities) <br />27) Make it easy to get produce <br />28) Creating a support system that tru/y assists farmers as they work to grow - <br />from the processing to labor issues to regu/story concerns <br />29J Promote alternative farming <br />Farm/and Transition <br />30) Educational & advocacy support for current o/dergeneration farmers on <br />options forkeeping their/and, transitioning to newgeneration farms, desling <br />with temptations ofdeve/opment <br />39) Assistnew/youngfarmers <br />