Gov Christie Whitman, thanks to whose TDR legislation this farm is permanently protected from developers, used to do a killer impression of him.
Anyway, today beautiful October day at the farm, pumpkin picking, and every dog owner seized on it as a great outing for pooches and their people. I must have seen a dozen dogs happily dragging their owners to the pumpkin patch.
I was in search of apples and tomatoes and broccoli and sweet potatoes, all picked this morning. Stocked up now.
What is TDR? We've got loads of land-related acronyms in MA but I can't place that one.
ReplyDeleteTransfer of Development Rights. Transferred in perpetuity to the state, in exchange for a sizeable price, though less than that possible from a developer in this very high value acreage.
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agreement is that the farm family undertakes to continue farming the land either directly or through tenants forever.
Since this particular farm has been in one family for over a century, with plenty of younger relatives taking over and training to farm from early ages, not much danger of their needing state enforcement.
I'm happy to shop there and help local farmers and well as hold down my own carbon footprint. Most of my food travels less than two miles to my table. And the people who did the work get the money, unlike the multitudes of middlemen in the supermarket world. This is probably more than you were wanting to know, but once I get going..