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Bill Zimmerman, a small farmer in Vancouver, Washington talks about the approaching urban growth boundary (UGB) that may soon encompass his farm. Every 5 years the UGB in Washington State is up for review by the county (his is in Clark county), and the UGB line keeps expanding as development pressures, and highest use principles are applied to agricultural lands that lie close to urban areas. As Zimmerman explains, to end up inside the UGB line means tighter regulations, and greater vulnerability to neighbor complaints that can end up putting farms like his, out of business. Read the full post on Cooking Up a Story: http://cookingupastory.com/as-the-urban-growth-boundary-approaches-a-wary-farmer-notices Food Farmer Earth - a journey of wide discovery about our food http://www.youtube.com/ffe Subscribe to Food Farmer Earth-receive the latest videos http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=foodfarmerearth Visit Cooking Up a Story for more stories, recipes, photos, and complete written posts http://cookingupastory.com Follow us: Google+ https://plus.google.com/+foodfarmerearth/posts twitter http://twitter.com/cookingupastory Facebook http://www.facebook.com/cookingupastory Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/foodfarmerearth/ Website RSS Feed http://cookingupastory.com/feed Cooking Up a Story channel on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/cookingupastory