State Honored For Protecting Farmland

Pennsylvania has been honored for protecting more farmland than any other state, including Maryland, a state that has long been a model for fighting sprawl.

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February 7, 2001, 1:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Long criticized for failing to slow down suburban sprawl, Pennsylvania now has something to brag about: national recognition of its farmland-preservation program. Gov. Ridge and the state received an achievement award yesterday from American Farmland Trust, a nonprofit farmland-conservation group, for protecting more farmland than any other state. Since its creation in 1989, Pennsylvania's publicly funded Farmland Preservation Program has protected more than 1,400 farms and 180,000 acres of farmland from development."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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Tuesday, February 6, 2001 in The Philadelphia Inquirer

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