HOME PAGE OVERVIEW FACT SHEETS: About Maryland's Agricultural Land Preservation Program AGENDAS: Meetings of the MALPF Board of Trustees MINUTES: Meetings of the MALPF Board of Trustees LEGISLATION: Status of Current or Recent Legislation Introduced to the General Assembly affecting MALPF LEGAL DOCUMENTS: Relevant Annotated Code, Regulations, and the Deed of Easement FORMS: Easement Application, Lot Exclusion Requests, and Others REPORTS: Annual Reports and Policy Reports and Documents BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONTACT INFORMATION: -Program Administrators -Foundation Staff LINKS: -Other State Land Preservation Resources -County Land Preservation Resources	The Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation (MALPF) celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2002. Maryland's program is one of the nation's leaders in farmland preservation and a central element of Maryland's Priority Places and Smart Growth Initiatives. Combining the Foundation's program with county programs, Maryland has preserved more farmland for future production than any other state in the Union. If you wish to contact your local Program Administrator or the Foundation staff, addresses and telephone numbers are provided. If you simply wish to know more about the program, fact sheets, the most recent annual report, applicable laws and regulations, and other documents can be found at this web site. Thank you for visiting and for your interest in preserving Maryland's best farmland. info@malpf.info
	* The graphic header on this page pictures two tobacco barns located on a preserved farm in St. Mary’s County, Southern Maryland. This farm is part of Maryland’s tobacco buyout program. The tobacco barns of Southern Maryland have been identified by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to be one of the eleven most endangered places in the United States for 2004. To read more about this endangered historic farming resource, please see: http://www.nationaltrust.org/11Most/2004/tobacco_barns.html
	STATE OF MARYLAND  DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE  Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., Governor  Michael S. Steele, Lt. Governor  Lewis R. Riley, Secretary  John R. Brooks, D.V.M., Deputy Secretary Maryland Department of Agriculture Home Page http://www.malpf.info/index.html