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Agricultural Easement Donation Program (AEDP)
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The state received its first tool to help protect Ohio's farmland from development
in January 2000 when Senate Bill 223 was signed. The law allows landowners to donate development
rights of their land to the State of Ohio or local governments to protect productive farmland
from conversion to non-agricultural use. Potential donations are evaluated on a case-by-case basis,
as certain legal requirements must be met in order for an agricultural easement to be placed on a property.
Landowners may also find financial benefits in the form of tax deductions associated with easement donations.
This easement will forever keep the land in agricultural production and for that reason can be a tool for
landowners who wish to protect their family farm from development.
 Senate
Bill 223
Brochure
List
of AEDP and Tobacco Easements
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