​Burlington County Honors Farmer For Agricultural Stewardship

BURLINGTON COUNTY, NJ — Roseann Greenberg, a Burlington County resident and owner of The Forever Green Farm in Chesterfield, this week was given the county's annual Bill and Dorothy Pettit Farm Stewardship Award.

The award, given out each year to a local farmer committed to agricultural production and land stewardship, was given to Greenberg because her 100-acre farm incorporates solar panels, erosion control and a 100-foot tall wind turbine.

Greenberg has also incorporated native hedgerows and other pollinator plants, the county said in a release.

“It’s important to me to make the farm better. If something I do improves the soil and helps get a better yield, that’s a good thing,” Greenberg said in a statement. “I have one little farm and I want to make it the best it can be.”

Through its efforts, Burlington County has preserved more than 60,000 acres of land like Greenberg's in the past three decades, the release stated. It's now ranked the No. 1 county in New Jersey for total acreage and No. 7 in the nation for preserved acres devoted to agriculture.

“Good stewardship benefits the landowner, the public and our entire county and state,” said Freeholder Linda Hynes, the Board’s liaison to the Department of Resource Conservation. “It takes a lot of time, hard work and even money. Roseann has set an example for landowners across the county to follow. We can’t thank her enough for all her work and her commitment to keeping her land green, beautiful and productive.”