The Pennsylvania Agricultural Lands Preservation Board has preserved an additional 1,788 acres on 19 farms in 12 counties for future generations through the state’s nationally recognized farmland preservation program.
During the program’s 23-year history, 455,208 acres on 4,208 farms have been safeguarded for future agricultural production. The preserved farms are located in Berks, Blair, Cambria, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Monroe, Somerset, Sullivan, Union, Washington, Westmoreland and York counties.
“To ensure the future success of the agriculture industry in Pennsylvania, the first step is to preserve our farmland,” said Agriculture Secretary George Greig. “Agriculture isn’t just our number-one industry, the cornerstone of our economy, it’s a way of life for our farm families.” Greig added, “I thank these producers who set their land aside for agricultural production. They’re enabling a new generation of agriculturalists to keep Pennsylvania growing far into the future.”
