$7 Million in Funding to Preserve Massachusetts Farmland
Posted on May 22, 2025 on Morning Ag Clips
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration is announcing more than $7.4 million in Agricultural Preservation Restriction (APR) funding to preserve land at three Massachusetts dairy farms: Pine Island Farm and Balsam Hill Farm, both in Sheffield, and Herrick Farm in Rowley. This investment guarantees that almost 600 acres of working farmland will remain in agricultural production forever. Two of these dairies represent the largest whole farm acquisitions in recent history of the APR program. Administered by the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR), the APR program purchases agricultural restrictions on farmland in order to improve farmland access, strengthen food security, and protect environmental resources.
