I see your point on these issues and understand your attempt to set things straight. I am a rural person. I have lived in the country with exception to the time I attended Linn-Benton CC. I farmed for awhile out of HS and then went to work driving for a large brown delivery company. I have a unique perspective too. We recently installed solar to capture our energy that way, solar is good. Right next to us there is a 12 acre solar installation, obliterating 12 acres of prime farm land. Here is a case where urban policy makers have no clue about the dynamics of what that does to the rural environment. So why weren't rural people included more in this type of policy? Because urban politicians hold more power. Housing keeps encroaching on farmland. More stringent policies need to be designed to protect Ag in these cases. If people are willing purchase home on the edge of ag land then , they need to live with the consequences of the needs of ag production. Thusly rural folks selling farm land for development need to realize more of the cost of protecting more of the ag neighbors left behind. More and more policy is being formed without the input of rural residents. Gains could be made if a true attempt was made to protect ag and rural folks.
I see your point on these issues and understand your attempt to set things straight. I am a rural person. I have lived in the country with exception to the time I attended Linn-Benton CC. I farmed for awhile out of HS and then went to work driving for a large brown delivery company. I have a unique perspective too. We recently installed solar to capture our energy that way, solar is good. Right next to us there is a 12 acre solar installation, obliterating 12 acres of prime farm land. Here is a case where urban policy makers have no clue about the dynamics of what that does to the rural environment. So why weren't rural people included more in this type of policy? Because urban politicians hold more power. Housing keeps encroaching on farmland. More stringent policies need to be designed to protect Ag in these cases. If people are willing purchase home on the edge of ag land then , they need to live with the consequences of the needs of ag production. Thusly rural folks selling farm land for development need to realize more of the cost of protecting more of the ag neighbors left behind. More and more policy is being formed without the input of rural residents. Gains could be made if a true attempt was made to protect ag and rural folks.