In April, MDARD announced farmland preservation grant awards for seven counties designed to protect agricultural lands from being developed.
Van Buren County received $312,600. The county’s Community Services Director Lisa Ransler said the Van Buren County Land Preservation Board applied for the grant to preserve a 219-acre farm owned by 6th- generation farmer Carl Druskovich.
Ransler said the board will use the money to purchase the land’s development rights from Druskovich…