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the existing power line to have an encroachment agreement with Dominion Power, preventing the use of such chemicals to protect the environment and watershed:
Instead of struggling to make ends meet as organic farmers for 25 years, we could have subdivided and made quite a lot of money developing this land. We chose not to, and put these restrictions on the land because someone, somewhere, has to stand up for preserving and protecting land; land that we all need to produce the food and clean environment that we all need to survive, and all of our survival is more valuable than money.
Isn’t it ironic that we not only have a 500 kV power line running right across this property, but that we are now faced with a further desecration of this land with an even larger power line?
We understand the need for energy. This is why we constructed an off-grid house on the farm and are evaluating all of our other structures for alternative energy. We have done our part to protect the land, and more than our part to reduce our “carbon footprint” and the need for more power generation.
We, like so many other citizens, would like to see some proof that this power line is necessary.
We understand the need to make money. All of us, whether wage earners or business owners, need to make money. Jordan River Farm needs to make money. It is possible that, even after years of battling the public and all of the expenses involved, including compensating landowners for the decreased value of their land, that Dominion Power might make a profit on this line. Dominion Power might
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