Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board

Meetings are held every other month on the first Thursday beginning in January, 12:30 p.m. in the 2nd floor conference room of the Potomac Building (former Governmental Center), 23115 Leonard Hall Drive, Leonardtown, MD.

Purpose: To  advise  the  Commissioners  with  respect  to  the establishment and status  of agricultural districts  and  the  approval  of purchases of easements  by  the Maryland Agricultural Preservation Foundation and to promote preservation of agriculture within the County.

Composition: Five members, three of whom shall be owner-operators of commercial farms who earn 50% of more of their income from farming.

Tenure: Two consecutive 5-year terms { 10 years )