{"id":42,"date":"2019-11-13T13:19:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wvfp.org\/jefferson\/?p=42"},"modified":"2021-09-30T13:22:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T13:22:07","slug":"jefferson-county-farmland-protection-board-welcomes-44th-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wvfp.org\/jefferson\/jefferson-county-farmland-protection-board-welcomes-44th-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Jefferson County Farmland Protection Board Welcomes 44th Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Jefferson County Farmland Protection Board welcomed the 44<sup>th<\/sup> farm to join its agricultural conservation easement program on November 13, 2019, bringing the total area of protected farmland in the county to 4,613 acres. The 83-acre property, owned by Mr. Timothy Smith, is the second farm he has protected under the program. Tim Smith said, \u201cMy grandfather bought this farm 1974 and passed it on to me.\u00a0 The farmland protection program is good for farmers, though it\u2019s not for everyone.\u00a0 I\u2019m doing it because I want to keep my land, and to be able to use the funds from the easement to invest in my farm and the farming community.\u201d\u00a0 Smith Livestock, his family-run operation, produces hay, alfalfa and grain crops and raises cattle and horses.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/wvfp.org\/jefferson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/09\/TW_Smith-and-children-191127-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/09\/TW_Smith-and-children-191127-1024x768-1.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/09\/TW_Smith-and-children-191127-1024x768-1-300x225.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/09\/TW_Smith-and-children-191127-1024x768-1-768x576.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/09\/TW_Smith-and-children-191127-1024x768-1-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Left to right: Tim Smith and his son Lane, and daughters Lindsey and Josey<br>Photo credit: James Walker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 94% of the newly protected land includes prime and statewide important agricultural soils, maintaining the productive farmland soils and rural character and economy of the County, a goal of the County\u2019s Envision Jefferson Comprehensive Plan. This conservation easement was purchased with matching funds provided by the Jefferson County Farmland Protection Board and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jefferson County Farmland Protection Board welcomed the 44th farm to join its agricultural conservation easement program on November 13, 2019, bringing the total area of protected farmland in the county to 4,613 acres. The 83-acre property, owned by Mr. Timothy Smith, is the second farm he has protected under the program. Tim Smith said, \u201cMy grandfather bought this farm &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/wvfp.org\/jefferson\/jefferson-county-farmland-protection-board-welcomes-44th-farm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvfp.org\/jefferson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvfp.org\/jefferson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvfp.org\/jefferson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvfp.org\/jefferson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvfp.org\/jefferson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wvfp.org\/jefferson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvfp.org\/jefferson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvfp.org\/jefferson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvfp.org\/jefferson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}