The Farmland Preservation Board voted this week to add 30 farms, totaling 3,780 acres, to the Farmland Preservation Program. These farms join the more than 2,400 other farms already preserved in perpetuity 284,783 acres across the state.

Pennsylvania leads the nation in the total number of farms and total acres preserved for agriculture. The statewide Farmland Preservation Program works in cooperation with county farmland preservation boards, operating in 54 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties. County programs recommend individual farms to ensure the most effective use of program resources.

8/27/2004