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There are many reasons landowners feel the need to preserve their farm. When asked why they preserved their farm, Lena Schaeffer from Dove Song Farm in Jefferson Township, replied: “It’s a matter of ...

As the farmers market season winds down and the final weeks of fresh produce arrive, many shoppers find themselves wishing they could make the flavors last just a little longer. The good news is, with ...

Rita Garrity has stiff competition this year. The food preservation enthusiast has competed in canning food and knitting at the Minnesota State Fair for 15 years. Last year, Garrity’s orange marmalade ...

A special deed restriction program run by the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources allowed Ryan MacKay of Lilac Hedge Farm in Holden and Rutland to become the farmer he is now. He's ...

Horsham's Pennypack Farm will be permanently protected from future development thanks to a conservation easement granted by a land preservation program in Montgomery County, officials announced. The ...

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WTVF) — After a two-year legislative effort, Tennessee's Farmland Preservation Act officially went into effect Tuesday. With Tennessee losing farmland at an alarming rate of 10 acres ...

Customers peruse the meat counter at Mountaineer Meat Market and Seafood Company in Mineral Wells on Tuesday. (Photo by Jenna Pierson) PARKERSBURG — Rich in color and taste, the Mid-Ohio Valley is ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee’s new Farmland Preservation Act, which passed earlier this year, is an effort to save what farmland the state has left. However, some farmers and advocates describe ...

CHESTERFIELD – The Burlington County Commissioners celebrated the 40th anniversary of the first farms entering preservation on Friday and announced that another 478 acres of county farmland may soon ...

Development is rampant across Tennessee, and farmland is being paved over at an alarming rate. Todd Jennings is one Middle Tennessee farmer who decided to preserve his family land with a conservation ...

SPRINGFIELD – The Burlington County Commissioners celebrated another farmland preservation milestone this week as the Three Willows Farm in Springfield became the first New Jersey farm to be preserved ...