Source: RHINO TIMES, 4/20/22

The show Green Acres went off the air in 1971, but the longstanding effort of Guilford County government to preserve farmland and other rural patches of property continues as strong as ever. While there are homes and buildings going up all over Guilford County, the county’s “Voluntary Agricultural District” program – developed by the NC Department of Agriculture to “encourage the preservation and protection of farmland from non-farm development” – is adding more property to its rolls.

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