AFT: Farmland Loss Impacts Rural Urban Alike
American Farmland Trust recently released a multi-year study that indicates that if changes are not made, up to 25 million acres of farm land will be lost across the U.S. by 2040. Addie Candib with AFT said their study looked at three different levels of urban sprawl and the impact it would have on the farm community:
Business as usual will result in the loss of 18 million acres
“Runaway” spraw
