This. See that sign? “Preserved Farm”. Love that. We should do this in Chester County.

We do celebrate land preservation but not enough celebrating of farm preservation like they do in Bucks County, PA.

We were visiting friends in Bucks County yesterday and I saw these “Preserved Farm” signs everywhere.

Bucks County has been besieged by development and developers since the 1980s. In my opinion that was when the major incursions occurred. Like Troll Brothers.

Here in Chester County we are still suffering from development, and at an ever increasing rate. I would love to see a preserved farm initiative with wonderful signs like this. Now don’t misunderstand me, Chester County does believe in farmland preservation and does have a preservation program, but Bucks County just seems to be excelling at it.

When I got home I did a little Googling. Bucks County by all appearances has a thriving agricultural preservation program. And then there is the involvement of the Land Trust of Bucks County and their farmland inspection program which assists with the agricultural preservation program.

I will freely admit I don’t know enough about either the program in Bucks County or Chester County to know if they are equal or unequal, but in Bucks County it seems more visible as a program and I think that makes a huge difference.

And if you have any questions about land conservation or preservation, we do have amazing groups to consult with. One of my favorites is Natural Lands.

Anyway I thought these “Preserved Farm” signs were genius.

Happy Sunday.