Departmental Papers (City and Regional Planning)
Title
Farm Follows Function: In Lancaster County Pennsylvania, Saving Farms Means Keeping a Lid on Growth
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
January 2000
Abstract
When I arrived in Lancaster County, in May of 1989, every acre of land seemed to be for sale. The county's farmland preservation program that I was to head had saved only 5,600 acres, less than one percent of the entire county.
Date Posted: 24 August 2007
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
Reprinted from Planning, January 2000, pages 14-17.