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September 11, 2007

Johnston farm will remain agricultural/ Photo

Journal photo / Bob Thayer
Katherine Brown, director of the Southside Community Land Trust in Providence, made good use of her umbrella today at the Salisbury Farm.

The 30-acre Salisbury Farm in Johnston will remain intact as agricultural land through an agreement announced today.

The state Department of Environmental Management and U.S. Department of Agriculture bought the famrland development rights, according to a news release. The deal was announced at a 10:30 a.m. ceremony at the farm.

"As the pressures of development continue to erode active farmland throughout the state, it is increasingly important for the state and its many partners to continue to preserve Rhode Island's farm heritage for future generations," W. Michael Sullivan, the DEM director, said in a statement.

The farm's pastures and stone-walled fields have been untouched by housing development for nearly 150 years. Wayne Salisbury’s ancestors began cultivating the plot in the 1860s.

It's a place where, in the fall, people arrive to buy pumpkins and strawberries and play in a maze in a corn field.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

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