On October 14, the Department of Agriculture announced it has protected another 1,999 acres on 21 farms in 13 counties through the state’s nation-leading Farmland Preservation Program.

Since 1988, the program has purchased permanent conservation easements on 5,949 Pennsylvania farms, covering 603,646 acres, in 58 counties, ensuring they will remain farms in the future.

"Farmland preservation provides a secure pathway for future generations to succeed,” said Secretary Russell Redding. “It ensures future agriculturalists have land to farm, and in return, consumers will have food on the table. Once farmland goes out of production, it rarely comes back, which is why farmland preservation is so important.”

The 21 farms preserved this week are in Allegheny, Beaver, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Cumberland, Erie, Lebanon, Lehigh, Northampton, Tioga, Union and York counties.

These farms include produce, crop and livestock operations.

Click Here for a list of farms preserved.

Visit the Department of Agriculture's Farmland Preservation Program webpage to learn more.

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-- MCall: 4 Lehigh Valley Farms Among Those Preserved By Farmland Preservation Program

[Posted: October 15, 2021]

10/18/2021