Burlington County has had the largest increase in loss of farmland in the entire State over the last 5 years. The Pemberton Township Master Plan proposes to chip away at more. Some may view a small loss as diminimus; however, if all the towns in our County view it that way, look what happens - a 23% loss of farmland over 5 years when the State only lost 9% and Gloucester County, which is always headlined as the fastest growing county in NJ, only lost 8 percent.
Burlco leads drop in farm acreage
CourierPOstOnline.com • February 5, 2009
TRENTON — Farm acreage in the Garden State fell by 9 percent from 2002 to 2007, with the steepest drop in Burlington County, the state Department of Agriculture said Wednesday.
Across the state, 733,450 acres were used for farming in 2007, down from 805,682 acres five years earlier, according to new figures from the U.S. Census.
Burlington County saw a 23 percent decline, falling from 111,237 to 85,790 acres in the five-year period. Farmland fell by 15 percent in Camden County, to 8,760 acres, and by 8 percent in Gloucester County, to 46,662 acres.
The average size of a farm fell in each county, but the overall number of farms increased slightly, the figures showed. The agricultural census is conducted every five years.
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