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Warwick Township, PA: Local TDR Enabling Ordinance (Warwick Township, Pa., Code § 340-45 (2008).)

Pennsylvania Right to Farm Enabling Statute (Agricultural Security Areas) (3 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 911 (2005).)

Pennsylvania Right to Farm Enabling Statutes (3 Pa. Cons. Stat. §§ 951-957 (2005).)

Statistics
Farms	63,163
Land in farms (acres)	7,809,244
Market value of agricultural products sold ($1000)	5,808,803
Total land area (acres)	28,631,687
Agricultural land converted to developed uses (acres)	244,500
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Legislative Updates

Pennsylvania House Bill 1564 (2008)

Pennsylvania House Bill 377 (2008)

Pennsylvania House Bill 2441 (2008)

Sample Documents

Pennsylvania: Model Easement

Lancaster County, PA: Comprehensive Plan

Literature

FIC Fact Sheets

Farm Viability in Urbanizing Areas: Case Study on Berks County, Pennsylvania

Review of the Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Program

Regionalist Approaches to Farm and Food Systems Policy: A Focus on the Northeast

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