A3O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 4,1989
WEST CHESTER Chester
County’s twelfth and largest Agri
cultural Security Area was
adopted by the West Marlborough
Township Board of Supervisors
on January 24. The district encom
passes 7,265 acres and has 52 par
ticipating landowners. According
to Ray Pickering, director of the
Chester County Agricultural
Development Council, there are
now 35,000 acres included in agri
cultural districts in Chester Coun
ty. An additional 5,000 acres are
proposed for agricultural district
designation and landowners in
another fifteen townships have
expressed interest in the program.
Mount Joy Vo-Tech Students
Win Farm Show Ribbons
MOUNT JOY (Lancaster)
Seven students from the Mount
Joy Area Vocational Technical
School were recognized with rib
bons at the Pennsylvania Farm
Show.
The Floral/Nursery/Landscape
Design students, members of the
Plants Unlimited Chapter of
Future Farmers of America, com
peted in a variety of floral design
categories.
Gregory N. Beatty, a Hempfield
High School senior, earned first
place with his floral pedestal
arrangement. Other firsts were
won by Columbia Borough High
School seniors, Cindy Donley for
her fruit basket arrangement and
Robyn Hogentoglcr for her dish
garden.
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Chester County’s Largest Ag District Adopted
Statewide, there are now more
than 100 agricultural security
areas in place with 360,000 acres
participating.
Agricultural security areas pro
vide farmers with protection from
nuisance regulations and ordi
nances that might restrict normal
farming practices such as the
spreading of manure and hours of
operation. Also, proposals for
condemnation of farmlands by
public agencies must be approved
by the State Agricultural Land
Condemnation Board, the County
Commissioners, the Township
Supervisors and the local Agricul
tural Advisory Committee.
Agricultural security areas also
Second place ribbons were won
by Sue Graybill, Columbia, for
her fresh bridal bouquet, and by
Beatty for his wall arrangement.
Beatty also placed third with a silk
flower arrangement.
James Lease, a student at the
Landisville Learning Center
placed fourth with a wreath. Shei
la Reider, Elizabethtown, placed
fourth with her Poinsettia entry.
Tim Rhine, Donegal, also placed
fourth with a fruit basket
arrangement.
Ms. Hogentoglcr also earned
two fourths with a large buffet
table centerpiece and a silk cor
sage. Ms. Graybill captured a fifth
with a Christmas wreath, and Ms.
Donley also earned a fifth with a
wrist corsage.
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must be located within agricultur- For further information on agri- Agricultural Development Coun
al security areas to qualify for cultural security areas and the cil, at 344-6285.
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