Ten farms in Greater Lehigh Valley are saved in preservation program
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- Published on Friday, 25 April 2014 15:14
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The 25-year-old farmland preservation program run by the state of Pennsylvania has done it again. It has preserved another 28 farms by enabling state, county and local governments to buy conservation easements from the owners of great farmland. As the Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary explained: "Together we're preserving agriculture, the cornerstone of Pennsylvania's economy."
Ontario's agri-food sector is the largest in Canada, pumping $34-billion into the economy each year. Yet there is no program in place to preserve the farmland it depends on. Perhaps it's time the Ontario government takes a closer look at the Pennsylvania success story.