Farmers Oppose Plan To Preserve Farmland
3 April 2001 - 11:00am
An innovative plan to preserve Illinois farmland from sprawl is being opposed by farmers.
" Rapidly developing Kane County is considering an innovative plan to use $15 million in gambling proceeds to buy and preserve farms to protect them from encroaching homes and businesses.But the county's proposed farmland protection program--the first of its kind in Illinois and the Midwest--is running into strong opposition from an unlikely source: farmers.Some farmers dislike the plan because they object to public ownership of farms."
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Source:
Chicago Sun-Times, April 2, 2001
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