Farmland preservation
Farmland preservation is a joint effort by
History
New Jersey passed the Farmland Assessment Act of 1964 to mitigate the loss of farmland to rapid suburban development through the use of favorable tax assessments. But by the late 1970s, the value of farmland had outstripped the tax benefits of the act, so the state purchased deed restrictions on farms through the Agriculture Retention and Development Act of 1981.
Regional efforts in
American Farmland Trust was established in 1980 to preserve farmland and promote sustainable farming practices.
The Genesee Valley Conservancy was founded in New York in 1990.
Management of protected farmland
Conservation easement is one approach used to manage protected farms.
A transferable development rights program offers landowners financial incentives or bonuses for the conservation and maintenance of agricultural land. Land developers can purchase the development rights of certain properties within a designated "sending district" and transfer the rights to another "receiving district" to increase the density of their new development.[3] A widely-noted example of a sending district is the Montgomery County, Maryland Agricultural Reserve.[4]
Partial list of preserved farms
- Elsing Green
- Hampton National Historic Site
- Oatlands Plantation
See also
- Agricultural Land Reserve
- Development-supported agriculture
- Environmental Conservation Acreage Reserve Program
- Preservation development
- Sunderland,_Massachusetts#Housing_and_development
References
- ^ a b See, for example, Montgomery County, Maryland Agricultural Reserve.
- ^ Thompson, Sametta M. Sale Preserves Middletown Farm. "Asbury Park Press," 11 September 2008, B4
- ^ "Transfer of Development Rights; Fact Sheet" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: American Farmland Trust. April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-16.
- ^ "Agricultural Reserve". Silver Spring, MD: Montgomery County Planning Department. 2018-02-23.
- This article incorporates public domain material from Jasper Womach Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition. Congressional Research Service.
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