Pennsylvania is preserving 1,228 acres on 22 farms
The state is spending more than $5.8 million to buy development rights on 22 farms in 14 counties, including a Bucks County farm that dates to 1765.
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Pennsylvania is putting more than $5.8 million into buying development rights on 22 farms across 14 counties, PennWatch reported. The easements cover 1,228 acres that stay in agriculture instead of being sold for building. One of the farms is in Bucks County and dates to 1765. Another, in Adams County, is the fourth farm that family has preserved.
The purchase keeps those acres from being developed. It does not, by itself, fund the next planting season or change who farms the land day to day.
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