York Farmland
JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
YORK (York Co.) The out
look for maintaining agriculture
land in York County got a further
boost recently with the hiring of
an executive director for the York
County Farm and Trust.
Julie Ann Gustanski was offi
cially introduced as executive
director during the York County
Farmland Trust’s first annual
Heading up the York County Farmland Trust are, from left, president Stan Brown,
treasurer Art Freas, secretary Jeanne Reilly, and assistant treasurer Katina Snyder.
Absent from the photo is treasurer Douglas Campbell, Jr.
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meeting, held March 21 at Rut
ter’s Family Restaurant.
Gustanski, former director of
the Bucks County Agriculture
Preserve Board, brings a back
ground of education and experi
ence in land use and conservation.
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University of Minnesota, Duke
University and abroad at Edinbor
ough, Scotland focused on legal
and economic issues of land plan
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Preservation Gets Boost
ning and use.
The York County Farmland
Trust is a recently-organized pri
vate effort toward preserving the
county’s fast-disappearing agri
culture acreages. With a modest
beginning budget of about
$50,000 and nearly 100 members
and contributors, the Trust is
geared to work in concert with
state and county preservation
programs already in place.
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Julie Ann Gustanskl, left, executive director of the York
County Farmland Trust, discusses preservation goals fol
lowing the group’s first annual meeting.
“Our objectives are to broaden
community awareness of the
importance of agricultural land, to
minimize conversion of farmland
to non-agricultural uses, and to
provide alternatives for landow
ners,” Gustanski noted in outlin
ing the Trust’s goals.
The trust aims at acquisition of
land development easements from
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ag landowners through a variety
of methods, including donations,
bequests and purchases of deve
lopment rights. Land to be consid
ered must meet standards of the
Trust’s purposes, and be in accor
dance with applicable government
policies. The trust will also work
closely with the county’s Agricul
ture Preserve Board to coordinate
ag land preservation efforts.
Loganville orchardist and retail
marketer Stan Brown heads the
Trust as president of the board of
trustees. In his remarks. Brown
noted the value of the county’s
land, including the natural rainfall
with which Pennsylvania is usual
ly blessed.
“If we cover the whole East
Coast with macadam and depend
on the West Coast for much of our
food supplies, we’re going to be in
trouble,” Brown warned. He cited
the five-year drought which con
tinues to plague California, where
production depends on heavy use
of irrigation, compared to the non
irrigated farmland of the East.
Officers elected to serve with
Brown for 1991 are Douglas
Campbell, Jr., vice-president;
Jeanne Reilly, secretary; Arthur
Freas, treasurer; and Katrina
Snyder, assistant treasurer. Also
serving on the board are Irvin W.
Allot, Jr., Louis J. Appell, Jr., E.
Wayne Beshore, Richard Bono,
Kevin Clark, Tony Dobrosky, R.
Jack Dunn, Jr., David Evans,
Arthur J. Glatfelter, Robert Kins
ley, Morion Kise, John D. Miller,
Jr., Esq., Olive Padden, Gerntt
Strathmeyer, Patricia Sueck,
Grctchcn Swartz, and Flloyd
Warner.
Ann Orth, Pennsylvania lick)
representative for the American
Farmland Trust, reviewed region
al and national efforts toward ag
land preservation. The American
Farmland Trust, headquartered in
Washington, D.C., offers techni
cal assistance and educational
information to ag preservation
programs, and serves as a political
advocate for preservation efforts.
The York County Farmland
Trust is presently operating from a
temporary office provided by the
York County Planning Commis
sion at the county’s Pleasant
Acres Complex until permanent
quarters are arranged. Landow
ners interested in more informa
tion on the York County Farmland
Trust may contact executive direc
tor Julie Gustanski through the
Planning Commission, 118 Pleas
ant Acres Road, York, PA 17402,
phone 717-771-9550