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Result Release YOUR UTAH. YOUR FUTURE. Survey Results for Agriculture 1 YOUR UTAH. YOUR FUTURE. Executive Summary Utahns want to protect and increase food production in our State. • Current circumstances: • Utah’s food production has declined precipitously to where Utah now produces only 2% of its vegetables, 3% of its fruit, 25% of its dairy, 98% of its grains, and 135% of its protein needs, in part because the current land development process incentivizes the loss of water and land for farming. • These percentages could further decline significantly as Utah’s population nearly doubles and we lose more prime farmland by 2050. • Survey findings: • Ninety-eight percent of Utahns want to increase food self-sufficiency from agriculture by putting more land into production and/or changing crops to fruits and vegetables. • To do that, Utahns are willing to: • Cut back on watering their lawns and gardens to ensure we have enough water for agriculture • Avoid building on high-quality farmland • Spend more money to bring non-agricultural water to urban areas • Utahns do not want to take water or land from agriculture. 2 YOUR UTAH. YOUR FUTURE. Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Agriculture Action Team Background 4 Agriculture Action Team Members 5 YUYF Survey Background 6 Survey Methodology 12 Utah Agriculture Values 21 YUYF Scenarios on Agriculture 24 YUYF Agriculture Results 31 Supporting Results 37 You May Still Take the Survey 40 3 YOUR UTAH. YOUR FUTURE. The agriculture action team worked for 18 months to create scenarios for the future of agriculture in Utah. Agriculture, Public Lands, Your Utah, Your Future & Recreation Action Team Utah Quality of Life Values Study Scenarios & Choices 2013 2014 2015 Envision Utah and Governor Herbert invited The values study found that agriculture The action team worked for 18 months to agriculture, public lands, and recreation has become increasingly important to research and model what Utah’s agricultural experts from across the state to join the Utahns across the state. The study also future could be like in 2050 under various Your Utah, Your Future action team for concluded that Utahns care about assumptions. They created four scenarios based those topics. The team has 65 members agriculture because they want high- on different strategies and outcomes for food from the legislature, industry, local quality locally grown food and greater production. Based on the public’s responses in the businesses and government, advocacy food self sufficiency Your Utah, Your Future survey, the action team groups, research institutions, and other will create a vision for Utah’s agricultural future. organizations. The task force is facilitated by Envision Utah. 4 YOUR UTAH. YOUR FUTURE. Agriculture, Public Lands, & Recreation Action Team Members Action team members were selected by Governor Gary Herbert and Envision Utah to represent a spectrum of experience and political persuasions. All action team members were invited to participate by Governor Herbert. • Leonard Blackham, Utah Department of • LuAnn Adams, Box Elder County Commission • Douglas Sagers, Utah State Legislature, District 21 Agriculture and Food, Retired Commissioner* • Mark Clemens, Sierra Club Utah Chapter, • Gordon Topham, Sevier County Commissioner • Peter Knudson, Utah State Senator, District 17 • Kathleen Clarke, Public Lands Policy Manager • Elizabeth Tubbs, Grand County Council • Jim Dabakis, Utah State Senator, District 2 Coordination Office, Directo* • Jack Draxler, Utah State Legislature District 3 • Gene Ciarus, Grand County Council • David Livermore, Nature Conservancy, Utah State • Wendy Fisher, Utah Open Lands* • Thayne Mickelson, Utah Conservation • Bruce Adams, San Juan County Council Director • Brad Peterson, Governor’s Outdoor Rec Office, Commission • Alan Matheson, Governor’s Office Director* • Roger Barrus, Utah House of Representatives • Nathan Rafferty, Ski Utah, President District 18 • Chris McCandless , Sandy City Council • Wayne Niederhauser, District 9, Utah State • George Sommer, Blue Ribbon Fisheries • Mike Noel, Utah State Legislature, District 73 • John Evans, Petzl Climbing Equipment Senator Commission, Chair • Ralph Okerlund, Utah State Senator, District 24 • Mallory Bateman, Utah Foundation • Laura Hanson, Jordan River Commission, • Julia Geisler, Salt Lake Climbers Alliance, Executive Executive Director Director • David Hinkins, Utah State Senator, District 27 • LuAnn Adams, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food • Mike Styler, Department of Natural Resources • Eric Sadler, Wasatch Mountain Club • David Garbett, SUWA • Joan Degiorgio, Nature Conservancy • Brent Tanner, Utah Cattlemen, Executive Vice • Mark Compton, Utah Mining Association, • Randy Parker, Utah Farm Bureau President President • John Mathis, Utah State Legislature, District 55 • Laynee Jones, Mountain Accord • Ashley Patterson, Wasatch Community Gardens • LaNiece Davenport, WFRC Regional Planner • Curtis Rowley, Cherry Hill Farms • Hans Ehrbar, U of U Department of Economics • Warren Peterson, Farmland Reserve, Vice • Sarah Hinners, U of U Metropolitan Research • Scott Chew, Cattle and Sheep Uintah Basin • Brandie Balken, Equality Utah President Center • Ed Sunderland, Sanpete County farmer • Tara McKee, Governor’s Outdoor Rec Office • Brad Barber, Barber Consulting • John Bennett, Utah Quality Growth Commission • Alma Adams, Iron County Commissioner • Wesley Smith, Salt Lake Chamber • Selma Sierra, Energy Dynamics Laboratory, • Larry Crist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service • Michael Merrill, Salt Lake Chamber Director of Energy and Environmental Policy • Logan Wilde, Morgan County Council • Julie Peck Dabling, Salt Lake County Open Space & • Dustin Rowley, Utah Association of Conservation • Ashley Korenblat, Public Land Solutions • Kent Peatross, Duchesne County Commissioner Urban Farming Districts • Kerry Gibson, Weber County Commissioner • Ron Vance, Forest Service, Recreational and • David Ure, Summit County Council (Former Resource Manager legislature) • Mike Kohler, Wasatch County Council *Action Team Co-Chair • Jon Hardman, Natural Resource Conservation • Vicki Varela, Managing Director Utah Office of • Juan Palma, BLM state director Service Tourism • Evan Vickers, Utah State Senator, District 28 • John Fairchild, Division of Wildlife Resources • Lynn Jackson, Grand County Council • Kay McIff, Utah State Legislature, District 70 5 Your Utah, Your Future Background YOUR UTAH. YOUR FUTURE. Projections show that Utah’s population will nearly double by the year 2050. In Need of a The Your Utah, Your Future survey was designed for Utahns to create a vision Solution for the State of Utah for the next 35 years. Envision Utah performed a values study to understand what Utahns care about Identifying regarding the future and why those issues are personally important to them. the Issues The study identified eleven key issues: agriculture, air quality, recreation, disaster resilience, public lands, transportation and communities, housing and cost of living, education, energy, jobs and economy, and water. Identifying Four-hundred Utah experts worked in eight task forces to identify Utah’s Choices and choices for each of the 11 topics. The information and options in the survey Trade-offs were the direct findings of these taskforces. The Your Utah, Your Future survey was designed to prioritize issues and their Choosing a associated outcomes in order to make strategic decisions for Utah’s future. Future Nearly 53,000 people weighed in on the future that they want to create in 2050. 6 Your Utah, Your Future Background YOUR UTAH. YOUR FUTURE. Your Utah, Your Future Background The Challenge: By 2050, Utah’s population will nearly double in size. Utah will not. 7 Your Utah, Your Future Background YOUR UTAH. YOUR FUTURE. The Your Utah, Your Future survey asked Utahns to indicate their choices for Utah’s Future on 11 specific issues. Housing & Cost Education Air Quality Agriculture Transportation & of Living Communities Economic Disaster Recreation Water Public Lands Energy Development Resilience 8 Your Utah, Your Future Background YOUR UTAH. YOUR FUTURE. Survey participants then chose between five overall scenarios for Utah’s future, with each overall scenario proposing a set of choices for the 11 specific issues. 9 Your Utah, Your Future Background YOUR UTAH. YOUR FUTURE. Our goal was for 50,000 Utahns to 50,000 take the Your Utah, Goal Respondents Your Future survey about their desires for the future for 52,845 Utah. Actual Respondents 10 Your Utah, Your Future Background YOUR UTAH. YOUR FUTURE. The Your Utah, Your Future survey garnered more public participation than any such project ever has. Envision Utah Quality Growth Strategy (Wasatch Front and Back—1998) Show Your Love, San Diego Southern Nevada Strong (Central Florida) Total Survey Responses 23,000 17,500 28,000 5,000 8 1,000 7,000 ,000 52,845 The original Envision Utah 1999 survey held the record with 17,500 Heartland 2050 PLANiTULSA (Atlanta, GA) (Omaha, NE) (Tulsa, OK) public response for many years. Louisiana Speaks 11 (Southern Louisiana after Katrina) YOUR UTAH. YOUR FUTURE. Survey Methodology 12 Survey Structure—Part One YOUR UTAH. YOUR FUTURE. Utahns were invited to participate in two parts of the survey. In the first part: Survey participants chose among five overall scenarios for Utah’s future. Each overall scenario was made up of a set a choices on 11 different topics. Economic Housing & Education Air Quality Transportation Disaster Recreation Public Agriculture Development Water Energy Cost
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