Shuren announces investments to preserve farmland in the district

State Rep. Donna Schulen

HARRISBURG — State Representative Donna Schuelen has announced that a 12-acre farm and livestock farm on Allentown Road owned by Andrew Dale and Tanya Joy Frankenfield of Franconia Township will be designated for farmland preservation. announced that it received a $1,420,431 investment from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Of that $1,420,431 investment, $902,031 came from the state, $302,400 from Montgomery County and $216,000 from Franconia Township, according to a press release from Schulen’s office. It is said that it will be done.

“This investment will protect this farmland from residential and commercial development, allowing Pennsylvania to protect land, soil and water resources across the commonwealth,” Schulen said in the release. “The preservation of farmland in my district is an important issue to me and I am glad that this issue is being taken seriously. will no longer have the resources to supply the $132.5 billion it provides to Pennsylvania’s economy each year. This investment will ensure that this farm remains a farm and will continue to support our agricultural industry in the 147th century. It ensures that resources are protected.”