Sprawl's Impact on Dependable Agricultural Land

Report on the impact of sprawl on a shrinking supply of high quality, dependable agricultural land in Canada.

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February 1, 2005, 10:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Canada's cities grew during the past generation by gobbling up thousands of square kilometres of good land and pushing farmers into more marginal areas, a new report shows.A great part of Canada's urban development has taken place on land historically considered good for agriculture, the report from Statistics Canada notes, so much that the lost land would cover Prince Edward Island nearly three times over.

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