Acre Policy is a new way to advance good policy, at state and local levels, in support of farmers and ranchers. The ACRE ​pause​ is an opportunity to take ARI and other examples of sub-national green payment programs and create an ecosystem payment model for agriculture that can be replicated, tailored, and implemented in jurisdictions across the United States. To do so, we plan to convene thoughtful and informed stakeholders for a facilitated design process that will lead to the creation of our model.  We envision a three-day retreat, during Summer 2019, hosted on a working farm within Santa Clara County. The setting and activities are designed to provide the physical and emotional space to allow participants to escape the strictures of their daily concerns, forge interpersonal connections and group identity, and bring their expertise and creativity to our joint goal of developing a model policy program.