Farmland Trust
(Continued from Pago A 1)
conservation easements totals 217
farms.
Mussleman noted that because
the Farmland Trust was a private,
non-government fund, many of the
Amish and Mennonite families
who do not want to join govern
ment sponsored programs have
found the Trust’s wok an accept
able way to preserve their farms.
“Now many ‘Old Order’ farms are
preserved in Lancaster County,
and interest in protecting the land
and culture is growing,” Mussle
man said.
Dorothy Lyet, chairperson of the
Trust's annual funding campaign,
reported that the Trust has raised
close to $35,000 toward its
$150,000 goal. “Now that we have
celebrated the preservation of the
‘Witness’ farm with a barbecue for
800 people, we intend to turn your
attention toward our need to reach
this goal. With the help of Honor
ary Chairperson Caroline Stein
man Nunan and others, I’m confi
dent this campaign will be a
success.”
The Trust presented framed
Farmland Preservation Deeds to
individuals who purchased SOO or
more deed shares to preserve the
Krantz farm in Strasbuig. The
movie “Witness” was filmed at this
farm. The Trust and the County
Agricultural Preserve Board are
jointly preserving the farm, and the
Trust is raising its portion of the
preservation costs through die sale
of Preservation Deeds. The collec
tible deeds sell for $25 and are
available until Dec. 21, 1994.
In a special presentation, Darvin
Boyd, Trust president, awarded
Farmland Preservation Deeds to
individuals and organizations who
purchased 500 or more deed shares
to preserve the Krantz farm. They
included Emma Krantz; Barbara
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Service recognition awards
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Jeffrey Fry, Ronald Kreidcr, and
Paul Whipple, as well as staff
member Kathleen Bridgehouse.
Mrs. James H. Binns received
the 1994 Distinguished Donor
Award.
The Trust presented land bene
factor awards to the following farm
families who permanently pre
served their farm in 1994: The
Hess family, who preserved the
Myer Homestead in Uppcf Lea
cock Twp.; Emma Krantz for pre
serving her 82 acre StrasburgTwp.
farm; Emma Musser for preserving
her 77 acre farm in West Hemp
field, making it the fifth conti
guously preserved farm along
Marietta Pike near Silver Spring;
Robert and Patricia Hers hock, who
preserved their Mt. Joy farm, and
the four lots which had been subdi
vided from the property; Amos and
Esta Funk, who permanently pro-
tec ted their Martic Twp. farm,
which had been previously been
placed under a 25 year commit
ment. as well as three Old Order
farm families who wished to
remain anonymous..
President Boyd said we need to
work together in order to be suc
cessful and keep the agricultural
economy here. “We’re not talking
about stopping development,”
Boyd said. "There is room for
growth in the County but also room
for wisdom to continue to maintain
the ag areas and to keep the ag eco
nomy strong and viable. We need
this to contribute to the quality of
life we all seek for ourselves and
our children, the generations to fol
low. We need those areas where
there is productive land or we are
Don Lohr, chairman of the Ambassador committee, left,
received the Take Pride Award from Vlnnie Nauhelmer,
eastern manager, Progressive Farmer.
not going to have the quality of life Lyet, secretary, and Kenneth
to which we all aspire. Messner, treasurer.
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practices. The recognition came
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Progressive Farmer.
Based on a program to educate
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civic and other non-farm groups
than any other organization in the
region. Don Lohr, chairman of the
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