Blondefarmgirl t1_iud7iph wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:17 PM

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In my beautiful farming community filled with century farms, the factory greenhouses are encroaching. They cover fertile agricultural land with cement and plastic. They burn the cheapest fuels to heat like bunker oil and pollute our air. They dont care how ugly they look or how their constant lights bother their neighbours. They had to be forced to put up curtains to cover the light and its not a 100 percent solution. The stench travels for miles from the marijuana operations or from the mountains of rotting vegetables beside them. They make living near them unbearable. They also use alot of resources. Constant power upgrades for them and since they are zoned agricultural the municipality ends up paying to support them. Truck traffic is going to end up killing the local town as it not has a super highway down the centre. I know this is nimby but you should live near them then decide how you like it.

Swineservant t1_iue6ogm wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:31 PM

Traditional farming won't hold up in the face of climate change. Can't just subsidize your way out of failed crops and climate change. I could make similar complaints about the noises and odors of traditional farms but that helps no one. Rural HATES change but change is a must.

Blondefarmgirl t1_iue8h3e wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:43 PM

We are using technology like drones to pinpoint the needs of the soil so we don't overuse fertilizers and use what is needed. So the fields have been producing better yields. My last crop of corn was a bumper yield. So traditional farming is modernizing to try to keep up with climate change. So it's doing just fine. Change does always happen but those greenhouse solve nothing.

r56_mk6 t1_iuf9fgw wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:47 PM

I was wondering how this would affect farmers.

flash-tractor t1_iug251n wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:20 AM

That's why agriculture stays in agricultural zoning, if you're living in agricultural zoning without running a farm- it's a choice.

Blondefarmgirl t1_iug49aj wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:36 AM

I live on my family farm. It's been in our family for over 100 years. We grow corn and soybeans. These are factories not farms. They involve lots of employees, warehouses, tons of truck traffic. They should be zoned industrial not agricultural.