Pa. uses $8.8M to preserve 33 farms

  • LNP|LancasterOnline Staff

Two Lancaster County farms are among 33 farms in 16 counties that will be preserved through an $8.8 million investment by local governments and the Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation Program.

State Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced the funding Thursday in Harrisburg.

More than 130 acres in western and southern Lancaster County will remain dedicated to agriculture in perpetuity after officials purchased the development rights from their owners…

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