We all know good soils grow food and houses....another perspective from Lancaster County

[Patrick Drohan]

What have county taxpayers and Lancaster Farmland Trust donors
received in return for the tens of millions of dollars they have
pumped into farmland preservation in Lancaster County?

Beyond saving tens of thousands of productive agricultural acres
forever, it is clear that they have helped the county achieve a new
balance between preservation and development.

http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/249890