Goals

1. Ensure a vital future for farming and forestry -- as environmentally sound and economically important industries;

2. Promote the use of good science, credible research and highly reliable technical approaches in assessing, determining causes of and solving environmental and natural resource problems;

3. Reduce the regulatory burden for agriculture by promoting the use of voluntary incentives and "common sense" solutions to help agriculture comply with the spirit and intent of local, state and federal regulations without:
... burdensome requirements
... duplication and conflicts between regulatory agencies and
... actions and expenses that do not produce net benefits to the public interest;

4. Forge cooperative coalitions and working relationships between agricultural, forestry, government and conservation interests.

5. Improve opportunities for economic success and enhance the contribution that agriculture can make to local and state economies;

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6. Educate the public and policy makers to enhance understanding about agriculture
... the contributions it makes to local and state economies
... the positive role it can play in environmental protection and
... its importance to our lives;

7. Remove obstacles at the local, regional, state and federal levels that interfere with the continued viability of the agricultural industry;

8. Encourage the use of incentives to tie good stewardship decisions to good business decisions, and encourage better cooperation between government agencies and private landowners; and

9. Underscore the important relationships between agriculture, the environment and population growth.

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