U.S. States Spend Millions to Preserve Farmland

States are spending millions of dollars to preserve America’s farmland, despite tough economic times. The goal is to stop the rapid loss of land to development and to make sure food is available locally should the national supply be disrupted. Between 1982 and 2007, more than 11 million acres of cropland, seven million acres of pasture and five million acres of range land were lost to development. (Los Angeles Times) Read more.