State officials have finalized conservation agreements to permanently protect more than 1,500 acres of working agricultural land across four Florida counties, Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson announced today. The deals, arranged through the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Servi ces’ Rural and Family Lands Protection Program, purchase development rights from property owners. The easements legally bar […] State Secures Deals To Save Over 1,500 Acres Of Working Florida Farmland from Development ...read more read less