Secretary of Agriculture Visits Lancaster County Farm

Written by Shannon Wehinger on April 22, 2022. Posted in Conservation District Project Spotlight

Lancaster County Conservation District Manager Chris Thompson speaks during the event. Photo taken by PA Department of Agriculture.

Agriculture Secretary Russell C. Redding was joined on April 13, 2022, by conservation partners at Welsh Vista Farms in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, to highlight Wolf Administration investments facilitating on-farm and community conservation management. The Conservation Excellence Grant (CEG) program has invested more than $4 million in 68 conservation projects since 2019, strengthening community-based conservation efforts across six counties in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

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