罗得岛州农田保护计划获635.5万美元联邦拨款 将永久保护两处农场
罗得岛州消息，罗得岛州农田保护计划获得635.5万美元联邦拨款，将用于永久保护该州两处农场。美国农业部自然资源保护局11月7日表示，通过农业保护地役权计划，联邦政府将与罗得岛州农地保护委员会合作，收购两处农场的农业开发权，确保土地长期用于农业生产而非开发建设。罗得岛州是美国面积最小的州，农地资源尤为稀缺。农业保护地役权计划是联邦农场法案的长期项目，通过购买地役权帮助州与地方政府、部落及非营利组织保护耕地与草地。此次两处农场的具体位置与面积未在通告中披露，州农地保护委员会将负责后续的收购与监管工作。州农业官员表示，永久保护农地对保障本地食品供应、维持农业社区具有重要意义。近年来罗得岛州农地因住宅与商业开发持续流失，保护计划被视为留住农业根基的关键举措。
Rhode Island Farmland Preservation Program Wins $6.355 Million Federal Grant to Permanently Protect Two Farms
RHODE ISLAND — Rhode Island's farmland preservation program has received a $6.355 million federal grant to permanently protect two farms in the state. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service said on November 7 that through the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, the federal government will work with the Rhode Island Agricultural Lands Preservation Commission to acquire the agricultural development rights on two farms, ensuring the land stays in farm production rather than development. Rhode Island is the smallest state in the nation, making its farmland especially scarce. The easement program, a longstanding Farm Bill initiative, helps state and local governments, tribes and nonprofits protect cropland and grassland by purchasing easements. The locations and acreage of the two farms were not disclosed in the announcement; the state commission will handle the acquisitions and stewardship that follow. State agriculture officials say permanently protecting farmland matters for local food supply and farm communities. Farmland in Rhode Island has steadily been lost to housing and commercial development in recent years, and preservation is seen as key to keeping agriculture rooted in the state.
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