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<blockquote data-quote="SCRUBS620" data-source="post: 432186" data-attributes="member: 5302"><p>So true, but the ones who own those acres are either not willing, unable, or too ignorant to bring this into reality. Everyone with a McMansion thinks they need 5 acres to go along with it. Add those 1 to 5 acres up over the country and it could feed millions. Local governments are partly to blame, more tax dollars come off of those unused "pretty" acres because they raise the property value of the attatched house. You hear all of the talk about the greenhouse gases emitted from farming and cattle in particular, what about all of that mowing? Add to all of this the water that they use to keep it all green. Personnally I think they should rewrite the zoning codes. If people want to live in the city they need to be crammed in to be efficient. Death to the suburbs I say!! Look at the older subdivisions, most are normal sized lots with a minimum of backyard. Now they chop up 120 acres to put 30 houses on (true story I drive by it every day). Smaller farmers should be appreciated for putting the land to use or at least keeping the land available for use. If a small farmer tries and fails the land is still usable by someone else by sale or lease. What are the odds that the 4 acres in the front yard can be turned back into farmland without the local government and the neighbors raising hell?</p><p></p><p>Oh, I forgot to mention all of those good for nothing backyard horses. I am talking about the above mentioned "land owners" who think they need to keep three horses on that one acre. Pet peeve of mine to see a majestic creature standing ankle deep in a mud lot, never ridden and barely fed. At least a few calves raised on the same lot would have the mercy of being slaughtered at the end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SCRUBS620, post: 432186, member: 5302"] So true, but the ones who own those acres are either not willing, unable, or too ignorant to bring this into reality. Everyone with a McMansion thinks they need 5 acres to go along with it. Add those 1 to 5 acres up over the country and it could feed millions. Local governments are partly to blame, more tax dollars come off of those unused "pretty" acres because they raise the property value of the attatched house. You hear all of the talk about the greenhouse gases emitted from farming and cattle in particular, what about all of that mowing? Add to all of this the water that they use to keep it all green. Personnally I think they should rewrite the zoning codes. If people want to live in the city they need to be crammed in to be efficient. Death to the suburbs I say!! Look at the older subdivisions, most are normal sized lots with a minimum of backyard. Now they chop up 120 acres to put 30 houses on (true story I drive by it every day). Smaller farmers should be appreciated for putting the land to use or at least keeping the land available for use. If a small farmer tries and fails the land is still usable by someone else by sale or lease. What are the odds that the 4 acres in the front yard can be turned back into farmland without the local government and the neighbors raising hell? Oh, I forgot to mention all of those good for nothing backyard horses. I am talking about the above mentioned "land owners" who think they need to keep three horses on that one acre. Pet peeve of mine to see a majestic creature standing ankle deep in a mud lot, never ridden and barely fed. At least a few calves raised on the same lot would have the mercy of being slaughtered at the end. [/QUOTE]
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