Here is why we must keep fighting to protect Ohio's farmland. At An Alarming Rate Ohio is losing approximately 90,000 acres of farmland a year. Till Plain as the seventh most threatened farming region in the nation. Ohio is among the top six states in the nation in land consumption per resident, with fewer people living on more land per person. The agricultural areas around Ohio's fastest growing cities that are most at risk are also some of the highest producing counties.
Farms are more fiscally friendly than development.
In 1996, Governor Voinovich launched the Ohio Farmland Preservation Task Force. The group recommended creation of the Office of Farmland Preservation and the Ohio Farmland Protection Policy. More than 61 counties have active farmland preservation task forces to address causes and consequences of farmland loss. A 1995 Ohio Farm Bureau survey indicated that 35 percent of their advisory council members were interested in selling conservation easements.