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Farmland
preservation is an important issue to Sugargrove
Tree Farm. As the numbers of our society continue
to increase and we continue to become more
mobile, significant pressure has come to bear
upon our open spaces and farmland. While we
all need a place to raise our families, we
now need to think differently than we have
for the last 200 years about how and where
we populate our communities.
As
a Century Farm applicant, we were asked;
"Why
is it important to preserve the heritage
of Ohio's farms?"
We
gave the following response:
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"Preservation
of family farm heritage is important
to two groups of people. It is of
personal significance to those families
whose history is closely tied to a
particular piece of land. To those
families, the family farm is a great
source of pride, a physical reminder
of the stories about their ancestors.
The story of a family's history on
the farm binds that family to the
land. Additionally, the success or
failure of a family farm and thus
the family is one important measure
by which the local community acknowledges
the social contributions of that family.
Preservation of the family farm and
its heritage enables these families
to keep alive their history and maintain
the significance of their threads
in a local community fabric.
Preservation
of family farm heritage is also significant
to the local community, State of Ohio,
and nation at large. Technology has
driven massive social and economic
changes for all of society, resulting
in the loss of local and historical
identity for many communities. This
is quite evident in small towns in
any industrial state. Older citizens
of those communities tell of the loss
of the community vitality and success
that once existed, vitality and success
that nourished the community. Family
farms are threads in the same community
fabric as historic community buildings
for which many communities are making
significant efforts to keep and restore
to their former importance. Family
farms remain an important part of
a local fabric of vitality. To the
community, state, and nation, historic
family farms are important touchstones
of community history."
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The
Sugargrove Tree Farm family is committed to
remaining active and vital in Ashland County
for future generations and pledges to work
to help effect new public policy for land
use.
In 2003, the development rights to the land upon which Sugargrove Tree Farm operates were purchased by the State of Ohio, Department of Agriculture, through the office of Farmland Preservation. This action was accomplished through the Clean Ohio Agricultural Easement Purchase program.
This land will forever remain a farm.
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