Calendar
When:
March 15, 2017 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
2017-03-15T10:00:00-05:00
2017-03-15T12:00:00-05:00
Where:
Levy Center
300 Dodge Ave
Evanston, IL 60202
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Bob Jene
(312) 450-2906
Email
Discussion Presentation
agricultural preservation farm issues farms food supply why tax food
No Farms, No Food @ Levy Center | Evanston | Illinois | United States

Urban sprawl is threatening to destroy much valuable farmland. We will look at data from one of the leading national organizations trying to mitigate this damage, The American Farmland Trust (AFT). Among other things they buy development rights from farmers to insure the land’s continued use in agriculture and attempt to facilitate community supported agriculture which makes family farms more viable. The Georgist fiscal reform reduces sprawl alleviating pressure on farmland.

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