Forestland Preservation Program News Today

DOVER, Del. – The Delaware Department of Agriculture is reminding farmers who have yet to enroll their property as a farmland preservation district that October 31, is the deadline to

Delaware Business Now The  25th  round of easement selections by the Delaware Agricultural Lands Preservation Foundation was announced this week. With the preservation of 3,695 acres, Delaware has permanently preserved more than 143,000 acres of farmland. “Delaware’s Aglands Preservation Program has been critical to keeping our farms in production,” said Gov. John Carney. “We can all agree through the pandemic we learned how important family farmers are to ensuring food including frui...