Skip to main content Currently Reading Once 'every place in Malta' was a farm, now what's to become of one of the last? Amid development pressure, move afoot to preserve Gnip land as open space. But how? FacebookTwitterEmail 20 1of20Buy PhotoLouis Gnip walks through his family farmland on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, on Brownell Road in Malta, N.Y. Gnip is working to preserve the family farm from development. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of20Buy PhotoLouis Gnip sits on his tractor at the family farm off Brownell Road on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in Malta, N.Y. Gnip is working to preserve the family farm from development. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less