The state Department of Agriculture Thursday said nearly $7.5 million was invested in...

The Wolf administration announced Thursday that 3,528 additional acres on 40 farms – including five in the Lehigh Valley - would be protected from development, an investment of more than $9.7 million in state and county dollars to preserve prime farmland.

Pennsylvania has preserved more than 6,000 farms with the latest round of farm purchases. 

Pennsylvania’s farmland preservation program has preserved more than 600,000 acres, a milestone was celebrated at the Martin Farm in Berks County by state Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding, and state Sen. Judy Schwank, D-Berks, minority chair of the Senate Agriculture & Rural Affairs committee, and industry leaders. The state invested $7.5 million to preserve 2,515 acres ...