VHCB tells lawmakers Vermont is losing farmland faster than projected; conservation easements, development-rights purchases cited as tools Vermont Housing and Conservation Board staff told a legislative committee Jan. 30 that modeling projects a loss of 41,200 acres of farmland by 2040 and that the state is losing land faster than expected; presenters highlighted conservation easements, development-rights sales and farm-transfer support as tools to keep land in agriculture.

Vermont faces an alarming loss of farmland, projected to vanish at a staggering rate—nearly 41,200 acres by 2040—unless innovative conservation efforts are ramped up now.

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