Source: Jennifer Stewart Purdue University, SOUTH EAST FARM PRESS, 12/2/11

Landowners who want to ensure their farmland will be farmed for generations to come can consider a conservation easement to limit its future development even if they later sell the land.

A conservation easement is a voluntary agreement between a landowner and a land trust, a private, nonprofit organization that works to conserve the land.

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