By Burney Waring Pittsboro, NC – Do you live in Chatham County and are tired of more traffic and pollution? Are you tired of fewer trees and fewer farms? Do you think we will inevitably become like Cary? Do you…
Pittsboro, NC – The Chatham County Board of Commissioners approved farmland preservation grants for the permanent conservation of three Chatham County farms totaling 287 acres at its meeting on April 15. The grants are the first awards from the recently…
By Debbie Roos Pittsboro, NC – The January Chatham Conservation Partnership (CCP) meeting will focus on Celebrating Milestones in Conservation: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going. A few of our Chatham County conservation organizations are celebrating milestone anniversaries! Please join us on…
Raleigh, NC – The N.C. Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund recently awarded more than $4.6 million to help communities across the state protect farmland and promote agricultural enterprises. Conservation easements were obtained on 2,590 acres of land across…
Silk Hope, NC – Lindale Farm, a certified organic dairy in the Silk Hope area of Chatham County, is now permanently conserved by an easement with the nonprofit Triangle Land Conservancy. A fifth generation dairy and poultry farm, Lindale Farm…