 Management of protected farmland Conservation easement is one approach used to manage protected farms. Category: Urban planning Category:Human geograph
Farmland protection Farmland protection refers to programs in the United States, operated mostly at state and local levels by government agencies or private entities such as land trusts, that are designed to limit conversion of agricultural land to other uses that otherwise might have been more financially attractive to the land owner. Every state provides tax relief through differential (preferential) assessment, and has right-to-farm laws. Less common approaches include establishing agricultural districts, using zoning to protect agricultural land,See, for example, Montgomery County, Maryland Agricultural Reserve. purchasing development rights, and transferable development rights. Management of protected farmland Conservation easement is one approach used to manage protected farms. Category: Human geography Category:Land use Category:Urban plannin
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Farmland protection Farmland protection refers to programs in the United States, operated mostly at state and local levels by government agencies or private entities such as land trusts, that are designed to limit conversion of agricultural land to other uses that otherwise might have been more financially attractive to the land owner. Every state provides tax relief through differential (preferential) assessment, and has right-to-farm laws. Less common approaches include establishing agricultural districts, using zoning to protect agricultural land,See, for example, Montgomery County, Maryland Agricultural Reserve. purchasing development rights, and transferable development rights.
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Urban planning Category:Human geograph
Human geography Category:Land use Category:Urban plannin