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Farm</option> <option value="topic2"> Buy Delaware Grown</option> <option value="topic3"> Get a Nursery License</option> <option value="topic4"> Find a Horse Racing Schedule</option> <option value="topic5"> Identify a Pest</option> <option value="topic6"> Preserve Farmland</option> <option value="topic7"> Plant Trees</option> </select> </div> </div><br /> <div class="topic1 topics"> <a href="/agland-preservation-planning/"><img src="https://agriculture.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/108/2018/01/dda-start-farm.jpg" alt="New Farmers, Start Here" class="center-block img-responsive" /></a><br /> <h2><a href="/agland-preservation-planning/">New Farmers, Start Here</a></h2> <p>Agriculture is full of exciting and rewarding opportunities. 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The program allows Delaware family farmers to know that their family鈥檚 history in agriculture, their hard work, and dedication to the land, the environment, and the industry will last forever.</p> <p><a href="/agland-preservation-planning/the-preservation-program/">LEARN MORE <i class="fa fa-caret-right fa-fw"></i></a></p> </div> <div class="topic7 topics"> <a href="/forest-service/forest-conservation-programs/"><img src="https://agriculture.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/108/2018/02/dda-plant-trees.jpg" alt="Reforest your own property, or help plant urban trees." class="center-block img-responsive" /></a><br /> <h2><a href="/forest-service/forest-conservation-programs/">Reforest your own property, or help plant urban trees.</a></h2> <p>The Delaware Forest Service offers a variety of tree seedlings each spring for landowners to reforest their property, and we organize an urban and community forestry program. </p> <p><a href="/forest-service/forest-conservation-programs/">LEARN 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