The Pennsylvania Agricultural Land Preservation Board added 20 farms in 15 counties to the state’s nation-leading farmland preservation program – totaling 1,718 acres of additional farmland.
Included was one farm in Bradford County, Bradford, the Matthew and Sharon McClellan Farm, a 206.51-acre crop and livestock operation.
Since the program began in 1988, federal, state, county and local governments have invested nearly $1.3 billion to preserve 508,478 acres on 4,802 farms in 57 counties for future agricultural production.
“Twenty additional farm families have taken the important first step in preserving their farms by safeguarding their land permanently,” said Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding. “I thank the families for their foresight, as well as the program staff at all levels of government who have worked to protect this land.”