Seventy acres of Cabbage Hill Farm will be preserved for continued farm use because of an easement with the Westchester Land Trust.

The land conservation group announced the agreement Friday, which involves the WLT and property owners Jerry and Nancy Kohlberg.

The easement stipulates that the land will be limited to agricultural use, limiting construction of future housing and subdivision, according to Tom Andersen of the WLT. Easements, Andersen explained, are private contracts that restrict land use for both current and future land owners, and are signed with other groups, such as non-profits or local governments. The group’s future role in the agreement will involve periodically checking the site to make sure that the terms of the easement are complied with, according to Andersen.

The process for setting up the easement took about two years, Andersen said, and was completed in December.

The Cabbage Hill property straddles Yorktown and New Castle, although it has a Mount Kisco postal address, according to Andersen. The land under the easement is just in Yorktown.

Aside from pasture being preserved, the easement covers the 10-acre Cockrene Pond, according to the group’s website. The pond’s role is to serve as a habitat for waterfowl and as a body of water that is connected to the Kisco River, which ultimately leads to the Croton Reservior, according to the WLT.

Cabbage Hill’s farming includes raising livestock, such as pigs and cattle, aquaponic fish and seasonal green produce, according to its website. In operation since 1986, Cabbage Hill specializes in local agriculture, and its food is used at Mount Kisco’s Flying Pig on Lexington, which is owned by Nancy Kohlberg.

Editor's Note: Tom Andersen was originally spelled as "Tom Anderson."