Working with Allen, a sixth-generation Easton dairy farmer, American Farmland Trust and Open Space Institute have permanently protected 1,000 acres that were once slated for construction of a nuclear power plant.
The project protects the view from the national historic site and creates a two-mile long public park along the Hudson River. Nine hundred acres of the protected land will be added to Allenwaite Farms, allowing Allen to incorporate his three sons into the business, should they decide to return to the farm.
"My ancestors gave their blood, sweat and tears for this farm," Allen says, looking out over his fields.
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| The Allen family stick together to conserve land as well as history. |
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