With the current rate of development in Hunterdon County, farmland is vanishing before our eyes.
More people means more development.
Unfortunately the land that is best for development is also typically prime farmland. With the farmland preservation program, the quality and location of farms can be targeted to preserve and prevent them from being permanently lost to development. Agriculture offers a special quality of life that most residents in Hunterdon County enjoy. It stabilizes property taxes because farms require less governmental services than residential development. It also maintains clean air by generating little traffic, provides fresh local produce , and offers attractive vistas .