A Town Agriculture Commission is an appointed, standing committee whose members are primarily engaged in farming and are responsible for:

• Representing the farming community
• Encouraging the pursuit of agriculture
• Promoting agriculture-based economic opportunities
• Preserving, revitalizing and sustaining the community’s agricultural businesses and lands

With the assistance of Sustainable Nantucket and the Town's Planning Department, Heather Coffin, (SN Board member and owner of Coffin-Fairview Gardening) wrote and sponsored an article at the April 2008 Town Meeting to establish an Agriculture Commission on Nantucket.

This article passed and the Town of Nantucket's Agricultural Commission is in the process of being established.