Executive Aaron Reardon’s 2004 Agriculture Initiative is a comprehensive plan to preserve and enhance the agricultural economy. What follows below are some of the highlights and reports resulting from the Initiative, as well as other County information that affects farmers.

• Biodiesel Seed Crop Report Phase I, March 2007. Plus, interactive spreadsheets of the Snohomish spring canola production (Excel file)
  
• Focus on Farming Conference III Highlights New Opportunities for Northwest Washington Agriculture. View conference recap report.
  
• SAEDAT Report to Executive, February, 2007
  
• Northwest Agriculture Summit Report, April 28, 2006
  
• A Progress Report from Executive Reardon on the Agricultural Initiative
  (Nov. 21, 2005)
  
• Snohomish County Agriculture Action Plan
  
• Executive Order Implementing Agriculture Action Plan
  
• Response to Executive Order for Agriculture Action Plan
  
• 2005 Focus on Farming Conference II Sparks New Ideas for "Growing Success"
  
• Conservation program pays farmers for streamside buffers. Learn more about the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) available through the Snohomish Conservation District. (Sept. 2005)
• Customer Assistance Bulletins for Farming Activities
• Comp Plan 10 Year Update
• How Snohomish County's 10-Year Comprehensive Plan Update
  Affects Agriculture
• Purchase of Development Rights (PDR) Program
• Purchase of Development Rights Fact Sheet
• Farmworker Housing Loan Program
  The State of Washington is offering specialized loans to qualified growers to install the infrastructure needed to build or preserve farmworker housing on their farm property.