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As the nation prepares to partake of another Thanksgiving feast, the farmland that produces much of our tradition holiday fare has itself become vulnerable to being gobbled up.
According to American Farmland Trust, of the 27 top producing counties of such Thanksgiving staples as turkeys, cranberries, sweet pototoes, squash, green peas and carrots, snap beans, pecans and pumpkins, 20 lie in urban-edge counties having nationally significant agricultural productions under pressure from rapid population grow th and urban sprawl.
AFT a national farmland conservation group based in Washington, D.C. said farmland in those areas is highly vulnerable to permanent conversion to nonagricultural use and conflicts with urbanization such as complaints over farming-related odors, dust and noise.
"At this time of year, we should all consider the threat facing the farmland that produces the bounty for our Thanksgiving dinner tables,”
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