News item (appears on the front page).
Are locavores for real?
Farmers Demand Right to sell 'Food Belt' Properties to Developers
Markham's Appetite for Food Belt Grows
Markham plan could contain sprawl, save farms
Developers frustrated by a Markham initiative to freeze town farmland, create denser housing
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/748485--markham-plan-could-contain-sprawl-save-farms
Where Homes Don't Grow
Halton's radical plan to limit development pits red-taped farmers against green politicians
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/734792--where-homes-don-t-grow
Limestone quarry threatens prime farm land
Builders buy farm for $100M
The Beckett farm, at the northeast corner of 16th Avenue and Kennedy Road, has been sold to a group of developers.
The 204-acre farm, which has long been marked for future development, sold for $100 million.
Hindmarsh family land donation protects farm from urban sprawl
October 7, 2009. Goderich Signal Star. Hindmarsh family land donation protects farm from urban sprawl.
Caledon Farm Sets Precedent for Land Preservation
For the first time in Ontario, prime agricultural land has been permanently protected through a farmland conservation easement with the Ontario Farmland Trust (OFT).
Made possible through the generosity of long-time horse enthusiast Deirdre Wright, the easement ensures that the Belain Farm in Caledon remains in farming for generations to come.
