{"id":78065,"date":"2018-06-06T23:22:41","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T03:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=78065"},"modified":"2018-06-06T23:28:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-07T03:28:39","slug":"lehigh-county-and-pa-department-of-agriculture-celebrate-30-years-of-farmland-preservation-thursday-june-7-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=78065","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh County and PA Department of Agriculture Celebrate 30 Years of Farmland Preservation! Thursday, June 7, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>11:30a.m.-Heidel Hollow Farm, 7419 Saegersville Rd, Germansville, PA\u00a0 18053<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year, both the Lehigh County Agricultural Land Preservation Program and the PA Bureau of Farmland Preservation are celebrating 30 years of permanently preserving farms for agricultural production.\u00a0 Thanks to the voluntary participation of over 5,270 farm owners, the Commonwealth, in cooperation with the County Programs, has successfully preserved over 550,000 acres and leads the nation in the number of farms and acres preserved.\u00a0 Lehigh County is very proud of ranking fourth in the state in having over 300 farms and over 23,000 acres preserved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A special event to celebrate these significant milestones will be held on <span data-term=\"goog_1284118565\">June 7, 2018<\/span> at <\/strong><strong>Heidel Hollow Farm, located at 7419 Saegersville Road, Germansville, 18053.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The PA Department of Agriculture\u2019s Bureau of Farmland Preservation will be holding their June board meeting starting at <span data-term=\"goog_1284118566\">10:00 a.m.<\/span>\u00a0 A special program will follow at <span data-term=\"goog_1284118567\">11:30 a.m.<\/span> with presentations by PA Dept. of Agriculture Secretary Russ Redding, Lehigh County Executive Phillips Armstrong, Lehigh County Board of Commissioners Chair and Sterling Raber Agricultural Land Preservation Board Chair, Marty Nothstein,\u00a0 Lehigh County Commissioner Percy Dougherty, as well as remarks\u00a0 from other local officials and farmers.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact Diane Matthews-Gehringer, Director of Farmland Preservation, Lehigh County Farmland Preservation Program, 610-391-9583, ext.14,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 dianematthews-gehringer@lehighcounty.org<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nJoshua Siegel<br \/>\nPublic Information Officer<br \/>\nCounty of Lehigh, Office of the County Executive<br \/>\n17 S. 7th Street, 4th Floor, Suite 436<br \/>\nAllentown, PA  18101<br \/>\nwww.lehighcounty.org<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; 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