Eat Local? 1632 family farm up for sale - 41 million rural acres gone since 1982

Eat local is great for buzz and spin. 41 million, 41 million acres lost in 28 years cannot be made up for with an acre here and a plot there in middle of Cleveland or New York. Eat local is a great idea but how to get everyone in the suburbs to move back into the city to open up that land for farms again? Dreaming is fine getting things done with dreams - who is up for that?

Amplify’d from www.boston.com

But after years of toil and dwindling demand for the crops he produced, the thick-armed 63-year-old has decided the family legacy will end with him. His landmark property — passed from father to son since 1632 and billed as the country’s oldest continually operating family farm — is up for sale.

Since 1982, the nation has lost more than 41 million acres of rural land.Read more at www.boston.com

 

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