Partnerships
Resources for Preserved Farms
- PA Preserved Farms Resource Center
- PDA's Center for Farm Transitions
- Pennsylvania Farm Link
- Iowa State University - Ag Decision Maker - Transition and Estate Planning
- University of Vermont - Family Farm Succession
- Farm Journal Legacy Project
- Penn State Extension - Farm Transition
- Nationwide Insurance and PA Farm Bureau - Land as Your Legacy
Studies & Reports
- Review of the Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Program
- A Guide to Farmland Preservation
- Community Benefits and Costs of Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easements
- Is There a Critical Mass of Agricultural Land Needed to Sustain an Agricultural Economy? Evidence from Six Mid-Atlantic States
- Mitigation of Farmland Loss
- Farmland Protection: The Role of Public Preferences for Rural Amenities
- Challenges and Opportunities for Agricultural Viability in Berks and Schuylkill Counties
- Greater Philadelphia Food System Study
- Eating Here: Greater Philadelphia's Food System Plan Summary
- Eating Here: Greater Philadelphia's Food System Plan
- Community Gardening in Philadelphia: 2008 Harvest Report
- Regionalist Approaches to Farm and Food Systems Policy: A Focus on the Northeast
- Farmers' Markets Rules, Regulations and Opportunities
- Ohio’s Agricultural Easement Purchase Program
Links
National
- Agricultural Careers
- Agriculture Network Information Center
- Agriculture Online
- American Farmland Trust
- American Mushroom Institute
- Farm Service Agency
- Food Safety
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Rodale
- Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
- United Stated Department of Agriculture General Information
State
- Agricultural Area Security Law, Act 43
- Agricultural Area Security Law, Act 43 Amendment (2013)
- Lancaster County Agricultural Preserve Board
- Lancaster Farmland Trust
- Lehigh County Agricultural Land Preservation
- Montgomery County Farmland Preservation Program
- PA Bureau of Farmland Preservation
- PA Farm Bureau
- Penn State Cooperative Extension
- Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
- Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
- Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation Association
- Pennsylvania Land Trust Association
Chester County/Local
- Brandywine Conservancy
- Chester County 2020 Trust
- Chester County Agricultural Development Council
- Chester County Conservation District
- Chester County Department of Assessment, Act 319
- French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust
- Natural Lands Trust
Business of Farming
- Chester County Agricultural Development Council
- Chester County Economic Development Council
- Penn State Cooperative Extension