An additional 223 acres of Berks County farmland will be preserved through the purchase of conservation easements valued at $541,250 dollars that were approved today by the Pennsylvania Agricultural Land Preservation Board, according to State Senator Judy Schwank (D-Berks), a Preservation Board member.
According to Senator Schwank, the following farms will be preserved: David & Rebecca Kreider, Bethel Twsp., 150.2 acres; Jeffrey Stoltz, Tulpehocken Twsp., 48.9 acres; and Mark & Mary Wicks, Upper Tulpehocken Twsp., 21.4.
Statewide more than 5,025 farms totaling 527,018 acres have been preserved since the program’s inception. In Berks County, 715 farms consisting of 70,577 acres have been preserved. Berks County has preserved more acreage of farmland than any other county in the state program.
