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News Advisory
RI Department of Environmental Management
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FOR AP AND METRO NEWS DAYBOOKS:
Date: Tuesday, September 11

Time:

 10:30 a.m.
Location: Salisbury Farm, Plainfield Pike, Johnston
Event: Farmland Preservation Announcement

For Release:

 September 10, 2007
Contact: Gail Mastrati 222-4700 ext. 2402
Stephanie Powell 222-4700 ext. 4418

DEM, NRCS, TO ANNOUNCE PRESERVATION OF SALISBURY FARM IN JOHNSTON

PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management and the US Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will announce the acquisition of farmland development rights to the 30-acre Salisbury Farm in Johnston, bringing the total number of farmland acres protected in the "farm loop" of western Cranston, Johnston, and Scituate to over 540 acres.

Speakers will include Wayne Salisbury, owner of the farm, Roylene Rides at the Door, state conservationist with the NRCS, Everett Stuart, chair of the state's Agricultural Land Preservation Commission, and W. Michael Sullivan, Ph.D., Director of DEM.

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Directions from Providence:

Take Rt. 295 to Exit 4 (Plainfield Pike.) Proceed 2 1/2 miles west on Plainfield Pike. The farm will be on your right at the intersection of Plainfield Pike and Pippin Orchard Road.
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