The State of Farmland Preservation in Lancaster County

Merit Award / Taking Care of What We Have

 

Project Partners: 

Lancaster Farmland Trust

Tom Daniels, Ph.D.

 

Project Award Application

 

Acknowledging the need for thoughtful planning and decisive actions to protect the land that sustains our food, economy, and quality of life, LFT and Tom Daniels, Ph.D. created The State of Farmland Preservation in Lancaster County.

 

Project Highlights:

A picture containing grass, sky, outdoor, field Description automatically generatedLays out calls to action from the federal level down to neighbors and local businesses.

Offers various “tools” to achieve regional planning goals and targets.

Recommends preservation of contiguous blocks of farmland.

Recommends doubling the amount of farmland preserved by 2040.