HARRISBURG, Pa. — Two Lehigh Valley farms have been preserved as part of a $12 million statewide effort to ward off development and protect open spaces.
The farms, both in Northampton County, were the latest to be included in the commonwealth’s Farmland Preservation Program, along with more than two dozen others across the state.
Through the program, farmers sell their development rights to the State Land Preservation Board, protecting the land from any future residential or commercial development…