HARRISBURG – PA is investing more than $5.7 million to purchase development rights for 2,079 acres on 24 farms in 14 counties. The joint investment between state and local government protects the farms forever from residential or commercial development, ensuring that PA farmers will have the land they need to continue feeding our families and supporting our economy. PA Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding says high-quality farmland is one of PA’s most valuable economic assets. When farms are sold to become warehouses or housing developments, they are gone forever, along with the food, fuel, and fiber they produced. Two Lancaster County farms will be preserved as will a number of farms in Adams, Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, Perry, and York Counties.
