The Department of Agriculture announced this week that an additional 23 farms, totaling 2,322 acres were preserved during the State Farmland Preservation Board Meeting in Harrisburg. These farms join more than 2,500 others already preserved in perpetuity through the program.

Pennsylvania leads the nation in the total number of farms and total acres preserved for agriculture. Wolff explained that the statewide program works in cooperation with county farmland preservation boards. County programs recommend individual farms to ensure the most effective use of program resources.

12/17/2004