Sweet Earth Special: Save the Farms!
09/15/2008
Almost 30 years ago, King County residents voted to tax themselves to preserve rapidly disappearing farmland. The county used the $50 million it raised to buy the development rights to about 14,000 acres of land. But saving land from development doesn't mean somebody farms it. How do you convince a farmer to hold onto his land, when he can make more money growing houses than he can growing crops? KUOW's Marcie Sillman reports.© Copyright 2008, KUOW
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