This law directs the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation to establish a Critical Farms Program to provide interim or emergency financing for the acquisition of agricultural preservation easements on critical farms that would otherwise be sold for non-agricultural uses.
Laws
Maryland Critical Farms Program Enabling Statute
Downloadable Documents
Authority Type
Statutes and Ordinances
State
Maryland
Level of Government
State
Law Type
State Laws
Keywords
Beginning Farmers, Conservation Easements, Farmland Affordability, Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easements
Citation
Md. Code Ann., Agric. § 2-517 (2013).
