Comments on: Where Have All the Farms Gone? http://fairfieldgreenfoodguide.com/2010/02/09/where-have-all-the-farms-gone/ Your Local and Sustainable Food Destination Fri, 18 May 2012 03:32:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://fairfieldgreenfoodguide.com/2010/02/09/where-have-all-the-farms-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-2438 admin Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:19:12 +0000 http://fairfieldgreenfoodguide.com/?p=1977#comment-2438 Christopher, thank you for your thoughtful comment. We will continue to write articles in this series. Please let us know if there is anything specific you would like to see covered in the next article. Christopher, thank you for your thoughtful comment. We will continue to write articles in this series. Please let us know if there is anything specific you would like to see covered in the next article.

]]> By: Christopher Zurcher http://fairfieldgreenfoodguide.com/2010/02/09/where-have-all-the-farms-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-2437 Christopher Zurcher Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:23:56 +0000 http://fairfieldgreenfoodguide.com/?p=1977#comment-2437 It's hard to imagine Connecticut without its farms. It's about as hard to imagine it without its farms as it is to imagine it without its backyard gardens brimming with sun-warmed tomatoes, sweet corn that pops juicily off the ear, and 10-pound zucchini. Unfortunately, development and pollution threaten all of the above and, as you point out in your article, we are losing our farmland at an alarming rate. We've lost practically 25 percent of it over the past 50 years or so. Development will not stop, so it is up to us, those of us who cannot imagine our state without it, to try to help preserve these important lands. Although we've lost farms, farming is still vibrant and continues to enhance our quality of life. Open space; economic benefits; tax benefits; jobs; delicious products like fresh milk, eggs, apples, sod, flowers, wool and vegetables; purified air and water; as well as undisturbed habitats for wildlife. Support local agriculture and you make an investment in our future. It's as simple as that. Thanks for writing. It’s hard to imagine Connecticut without its farms. It’s about as hard to imagine it without its farms as it is to imagine it without its backyard gardens brimming with sun-warmed tomatoes, sweet corn that pops juicily off the ear, and 10-pound zucchini. Unfortunately, development and pollution threaten all of the above and, as you point out in your article, we are losing our farmland at an alarming rate. We’ve lost practically 25 percent of it over the past 50 years or so.

Development will not stop, so it is up to us, those of us who cannot imagine our state without it, to try to help preserve these important lands.

Although we’ve lost farms, farming is still vibrant and continues to enhance our quality of life.

Open space; economic benefits; tax benefits; jobs; delicious products like fresh milk, eggs, apples, sod, flowers, wool and vegetables; purified air and water; as well as undisturbed habitats for wildlife.

Support local agriculture and you make an investment in our future. It’s as simple as that.

Thanks for writing.

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