Farms: Preserving Local Farms in Oregon
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For more Stories, Food News, & Cooking Fresh videos: http://cookingupastory.com Farmer, and local food activist, Laura Masterson shares her concerns for the future protection of urban farmlands. Oregon has done a good job in protecting its urban farms, and providing balance against the forces of unrestrained development. Check out our new series: Food Farmer Earth - a journey of wide discovery about our food http://www.youtube.com/ffe Cooking Up a Story - Bringing the people behind our food to life http://cookingupastory.com Subscribe to receive the latest videos: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=foodfarmerearth 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
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I live in North Plains Oregon I hate to see Wash County urbanized, I lived here all my life and want to continue to live in a rual area. Stop urban sprawl
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good vid!
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I agree learning how to farm is a difficult proposition but, when people get desperate they will do anything to get food on there table. true, you cant reclaim it but, what if you could. I mean by this is when a building (not a tower) is deserted people should be able to reclaim it. It might not be the same as a farm but you could still try to garden and raise chickens maybe even some pigs. then again maybe I am dreaming out loud. :)
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So true. My county (Sullivan Co, NY) is still heavily invested in farming, but it's a constant battle with development. When I was a kid, I took farming for granted. Now I just feel incredibly lucky that I still have access to 100% local fresh food in season and home-preserved from fresh in winter. It's alarming and appalling how few people still have the 'luxury' of local, fresh and truly nutritious food available. And untainted farmland is becoming rarer with each passing year.
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I agree and disagree with this. it may be true right now that the farmer is being pushed out farther but, I think that in 50 years time it may be the farmer that is pushing the city out. People cant afford the high prices of the city. More people are going to go back to farming. back to there roots. it will take time but it will happen.