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Laws

Delaware Right to Farm Enabling Statute (Del. Code Ann. tit. 3, § 1401 (2005).)

Delaware Agricultural Districts Enabling Statutes (Del. Code Ann. tit. 3, §§ 901 to 930 (2004).)

Statistics

Farms

2,546

Land in farms (acres)

510,253

Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)

1,083,035

Agricultural land developed between 1982 and 2007 (acres)

80,200

Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture and the 2007 National Resources Inventory

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Glossary of NRI-related terms

Sample Documents

Delaware: Model Easement (Ag. Districts)

Delaware: Agricultural District Application Forms

Delaware: PACE Application Form

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Literature

FIC Fact Sheets

Agricultural Conservation Easement Provisions from Selected Farmland Protection Programs

Regionalist Approaches to Farm and Food Systems Policy: A Focus on the Northeast

Is There Evidence of a Critical Mass in the Mid-Atlantic Agriculture Sector Between 1949 and 1997?

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