Bedford Town Council approves land swap to strengthen conservation and support Joppa Hill Farm

Bedford Town Council approves land swap to strengthen conservation and support Joppa Hill Farm

The Bedford Town Council approved plans for a strategic land adjustment within the Joppa Hill Conservation Area to strengthen conservation and support Joppa Hill Educational Farm.

Tecumseh Land Trust secures Dell Farm

Last week, local farmland conservation nonprofit Tecumseh Land Trust announced that the group secured an easement on 36 acres of land near the intersection of state routes 343 and 370, less than two miles east of Yellow Springs limits. With the conservation easement, the farm — known locally as the Dell Farm, and owned by residents Cammy and Jim Grote — will remain agricultural in perpetuity. “We are thrilled to have protected a key Country Comm…