Urban Sprawl Threatens Canada's Prime Farmland

With 2,500 hectares (6,200 acres) of some of Canada's best farmland paved over each year around Toronto planners and academics urge new approaches for growth.

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June 13, 2001, 9:00 AM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

The loss of farmland will be highlignted as provincial and municipal leaders meet in Toronto on Wednesday for discussions organized by the Canadian Urban Institute think tank to find new approaches to manage urban sprawl and gridlock and balance growth with green space. In the Greater Toronto Area, more than anywhere else on the continent, farmland has become a real estate commodity.

Thanks to Steven Rivers

Read the full story: Urban sprawl threatens prime farmland

Monday, June 11, 2001 in The Globe

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