Sustainable Food and Farming in the Connecticut River Valley: A Vision

APPENDIX C. ACRONYMS


AFT .... American Farmland Trust

APR .... Agricultural Preservation Restrictions Program

CISA ... Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture

CR ..... Conservation Restriction

CSA .... Community Supported Agriculture

DDT .... Dichloro-diphenyl-trichoroethane

DET .... Department of Employment and Training

ESL .... English as a Second Language

FFA .... Future Farmers of America

GATT ... Global Agreement on Trade and Tariff

GCC .... Greenfield Community College

IPM .... Integrated Pest Management

NRCS ... Natural Resource Conservation Service (formerly the Soil Conservation Service)

PVASA .. Pioneer Valley Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture

PVGA ... Pioneer Valley Growers' Association

PYO.... Pick-Your-Own

SCS .... Soil Conservation Service

S.NE. .. Southern New England

WMFIA .. Western Massachusetts Food Industry Association


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