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The race to save New Jersey farmland from millions of feet of warehousing

New Jersey has spent $1.8 billion on farm preservation. But municipalities have approved building permits for more than 121 million square feet of warehousing and other storage space.

Kelsi Mecouch pets Black Angus cattle she is raising on her family's 134-acre farm in Quinton, Salem County, N.J. Her family recently entered the state's Farmland Preservation Program.
Kelsi Mecouch pets Black Angus cattle she is raising on her family's 134-acre farm in Quinton, Salem County, N.J. Her family recently entered the state's Farmland Preservation Program.Read moreRose Mecouch