FY 2024 Pilot Program Grant Applications are now closed.

Applications for the Chatham Agricultural Preservation & Development (CAPD) Trust Fund are now closed for FY 2024. The application period for FY 2025 will open later this year. More details coming soon.

For the initial funding round, applications will be accepted for the following categories:

• Perpetual agricultural working-lands easements.
• Transaction costs related to or necessary to facilitate a working-lands easement.
• Organizational and programming support that promotes the preservation and development of working lands within Chatham County.

FY 2024 Pilot Farmland Preservation Program Guidelines

Are you interested in applying? Please fill out our Application Interest Notification form so we can reach out to you.

About The Chatham Agricultural Preservation & Development Trust Fund

On October 17, 2022, the Chatham County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to establish the first-ever county-based trust fund aimed at supporting agricultural preservation and development within Chatham County. 

Chatham Agricultural Preservation & Development Trust Fund Presentation PDF

Are you or your family interested in learning more about a permanent conservation easement for your farm? Please fill out our Landowner Inquiry Form.