The mission of the Agricultural Commission is to represent the Town of Carver's agricultural community and interests.

Activities of the Agricultural Commission shall include but not be limited to the following:

• To serve as facilitators for encouraging the pursuit of agriculture in Carver
• Promote agricultural-based economic opportunities in the town
• Act as mediators, advocates, educators and/or negotiators' in an advisory capacity on farming issues for established town committees and department
• Pursue all initiatives appropriate to creating a sustainable agricultural community
• Encourage the pursuit of agriculture as a career opportunity and lifestyle

Chair:
William Garnet

Meetings:
monthly, 3rd Monday, 7:00pm
Town Hall
Meeting Room 4

• Carver Right to Farm By-Law - new
• 4-H (Massachusetts 4-H)
• AFT (American Farmland Trust)
• CCCGA (Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association)
• Fairs & Festivals Listing and Dates
• Farmland Information Center
• FMFM (Federation of Massachusetts Farmers Market)
• Massachusetts Bureau of Animal Health
• MDAR (Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources)
• MFBF (Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation)
• Plymouth County Conservation District
• SEMAP (Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership)
• USDA (United States Department of Agricultural)
  • USDA Plant Database
  • USDA Rural Development
• Massachusetts Agricultural Commissions
• Pilgrim Resource Conservation and Development Council

The Agriculture Commission would like to thank the following for their generous donations towards the three and half acre Bart Cole Bog, recently purchased by the town of Carver:

• Eric Haarala for donating all the lumber for pump house,
• Old Colony Vocational School for their hard work constructing the pump house,
• Gary Garrettson and Craig Weston for donating the sprinklers, and
• Gary Garrettson for donating the irrigation pump