Two hundred acres of Lancaster farmland are set to be preserved thanks to taxpayer funds and a partnership with Lancaster Farmland Trust.
A farmer in nearby Cumberland County has turned down a multi-million dollar bid to use his farmland for a data center thanks to a partnership with the Lancaster Farmland Trust, writes Dan Sullivan for Lancaster Farming.
Data center developers offered farmer Mervin Raudabaugh over $15 million for his 261 acres of farmland. Thanks to a 2013 voter-approved referendum, taxpayer dollars funded a purchase to preserve Raudabaugh’s farmland instead…