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In 1998, the last farm in Des Plaines, Illinois was subdivided. Seven acres along the Niobrara River in north-central Nebraska sold for 5700 per acre, twenty times the price for agricultural use. Waukesha County, Wisconsin, although still largely in agriculture, has been almost entirely zoned for small lot subdivisions.
Table des matières
Introduction, Farmland Loss in America, A Landscape Perspective on Farmland Conversion, The Law of the Land, The Economics of Farmland Conversion, Preserving Community Agriculture in a Global Economy, Ethics and Aesthetics in the Loss of Farmland, A National Policy for Farmland Preservation, Case Studies
A propos de l'auteur
Richard K. Olson is a researcher with the centre for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. The editor of five other books addressing human impacts on envrionment, he is currently examining ways to relocalize agriculture and increase local food security. Thomas A. Lyson is a professor in the Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell University. He also serves as director of the Farming Alternatives Program at Cornell, and as editor of Rural Sociology.
Résumé
In 1998, the last farm in Des Plaines, Illinois was subdivided. Seven acres along the Niobrara River in north-central Nebraska sold for 5700 per acre, twenty times the price for agricultural use. Waukesha County, Wisconsin, although still largely in agriculture, has been almost entirely zoned for small lot subdivisions.
