Stopping Sprawl By Creating Farm Markets

Congress can help to contain sprawl by creating new markets for small farms in the 2002 Farm Bill.

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August 12, 2001, 7:00 AM PDT

"Farmers living on the edge of suburbia know they have a big payday coming as soon as the growing real estate market makes it out to their picturesque fields. But most farmers, never mind the citizens of Americas beautiful small towns, are not exactly thrilled. Like a growing movement of Americans, they know that the malls and parking lots marching their way will turn quiet country lanes into snarled commuter corridors, ruin the fishing with water pollution, and leave downtowns to disintegrate into danger zones."

Thanks to Tom Collins

FULL STORY: Message to Congress: Stop Sprawl. Create New Farm Markets

Tuesday, August 7, 2001 in Michigan Land Use Institute

Government / Politics Michigan

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