The recent Agricultural Land Commission decision to ban weddings on farmland presents mixed emotions. I truly believe that ag land should be used for agricultural purposes.
However, I also decry the covering of viable productive dirt with greenhouses and poultry barns despite them being among the most intensive use of food-producing structures.
In my mind, instead of covering hundreds, if not thousands, of acres of prime Delta soils with glass, greenhouses should be placed on non-productive land such as mined-out gravel pits or other marginal lands.
On the other hand, they are “agricultural” and do generate a vast supply of food product to a hungry market.
Abbotsford News – Mark Rushton – Dec 12, 2015.
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