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Local farmer credits Carroll County preservation programs with keeping family farm viable
Summary
A speaker who identified himself as a farmer with Lippy Brothers Farms told a public meeting that Carroll County's agricultural land-preservation programs have been essential to keeping his family's multigenerational farm in operation.
A speaker who identified himself as a farmer with Lippy Brothers Farms told a public meeting that Carroll County's agricultural land-preservation programs have been essential to keeping his family's multigenerational farm in operation.
"Without Ag preservation, it would almost be impossible for us to be able to continue on, the the generations of farming," the commenter said, describing how the program reduced development pressure on family land and made long-term farming feasible.
The commenter traced the family's agricultural history to the early 1950s, when his brothers returned from Maryland…
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