Sun
Valley
Farm
Trust
Fund
Award:
$684,520
State
Agricultural
Development
Board:
$2,677,792
Total
Development
Purchase:
$3,362,312
Bergen
County’s
first
preserved
farm
under
the
New
Jersey
Farmland
Preservation
Program
is
the
218-acre
agricultural
property
called
Sun
Valley
Farm
in
the
Township
of
Mahwah.
Situated
on
land
once
owned
by
Alexander
Hamilton
and
later
developed
into
a
major
farming
operation
by
19th
–century
governor
Rodman
Price,
Sun
Valley
is
rich
in
history
as
well
as
scenic
beauty.
The
acquisition
of
Sun
Valley’s
development
rights
under
the
Farmland
Preservation
Program
insures
that
the
property’s
farmland
use
is
preserved,
and
that
the
land
will
remain
undeveloped
forever.
Sun
Valley
Farm
is
the
largest
remaining
farm
in
Bergen
County.
Its
livestock
includes
horses
and
mules,
while
crops
range
from
fine
horse
hay
to
corn,
pumpkins,
squash
and
timber.
