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From today's media release: Over the past few weeks, a devastating, destructive plan has come to light in our community. While the current project does not directly implicate our farm, the effects are far reaching for the farming community and our family farm business. More than 700 acres of precious farmland in New Hamburg – less than two kilometers from Pfenning’s Organic Vegetables Inc’s base of operations – is being acquired and rezoned for industrial use. Our family has invested everything we have in this community. The Pfenning family came to Canada over 40 years ago after their land, where they had lived and farmed for nearly 400 years, was expropriated by the German government to build a bridge. Looking around this township and region, it sometimes feels as if we have an abundance of farmland, so we don’t always think about the need to preserve it. There’s an interesting parallel between the acreage we grow and what is currently being threatened with expropriation: It is nearly the same number of acres. This land feeds and employs our community. It feeds people beyond our community. Waterloo Region has been a secure and stable place to farm because of the vigorously defended Countryside Line, which has been in place for over 50 years. Now, that sense of security is gone. Without action today to stop the catastrophic development of farmland, Wilmot will become an industrial community instead of a farming one. The cities of our region will lose food security, as food will no longer be coming from the surrounding fields once they are paved over. We will trade the thousands of acres that feed people for air pollution, degraded water quality, and jobs whose profits feed corporations who care nothing for the people who once lived here. The uncertainty felt by our family is being replicated across the township, across the region, and across the province, on other farms. Why would someone invest further in their farm if it can be taken away on a whim? Businesses that have passed through generations will no longer exist, and a way of life will be lost forever. Development on this scale does not stop with one block of land. Once these farms are lost to industry, others will follow. With the Countryside Line breached, none of our farms are safe.

This is disappointing, and everyone seems to agree it’s a bad idea. Nature-friendly farming is proven to work and have a positive impact for England’s imperilled wildlife. It’s also good for the economy. We need to see more support from government for farmers and landowners, not less. “A £100m reduction in funding would see 239,000 hectares less nature-friendly farmland, and a failure to invest in nature and climate is predicted to shrink the economy by 12% – an impact greater than Covid and the financial crash. As the latest independent research has found, we need to increase the agriculture budget in England, from £2.4bn to £3.1bn a year, if we are to ensure the future of our vanishing farmland birds and wildlife, clean rivers and thriving farming and rural businesses.” “Funding for nature’s recovery is absolutely critical to securing a prosperous and resilient future – to ensure that soils aren’t washed away, to secure a future for pollinators, and to help farms adapt to periods of heavy rainfall and drought. Any move to reduce funding for restoring nature will put farm businesses at greater risk of suffering from the impacts of climate change and will lead to greater economic costs in the long term.” The Wildlife Trusts Cornwall Wildlife Trust RSPB NFU (National Farmers' Union) #naturerecovery https://lnkd.in/e2rRKEv5

Acorus has been successful in removing Agricultural Occupancy Conditions for two clients in Pembrokeshire, both followed the submission of Certificates of Lawfulness regarding the dwellings having been occupied in breach of the occupancy conditions for the past 10 years. In one instance the occupier had taken alternative employment, whilst retaining the farmland and letting it out to a local farmer. In the other instance, the occupier had initially established a nursery growing plants and produce to sell at the farmgate, and locally to shops and restaurants (in the 1990’s). However, a caravan park was then established on the land with planning permission and the nursery activity diminished. Essentially, the occupier ceased to be employed in agriculture, with their time and income being derived from the caravan park. In both situations, the Certificate of Lawfulness being obtained was key to getting the Agricultural Occupancy Condition removed, without the need for marketing the properties. In such instances consideration of the wording of the Agricultural Occupancy Condition is important, and thereafter reviewing the facts to establish if there is the opportunity to apply for a Certificate of Lawfulness, i.e. a 10-year breach of the condition. Both clients are very pleased with the outcome and are now able to live in the dwellings without the worry or threat of enforcement action, and the knowledge that with the Agricultural Occupancy Condition removed they can sell the properties at their full value. #Acorus #certificateoflawfulness #success #planning #property #farm #farmers #planningcondition #occupancycondition #argriculture #agricultural #nfu #nfucompany #successstory #addingvalue #value #pembrokeshire #farmland #tenancy #breach

Farmland is being seen as a good real estate investment. "More urban people are becoming interested in farmland as an asset class, as a place to park their money." The growing influence of financial and corporate actors in agriculture is reshaping #food and #farming. I say it's always smart to invest into farms with modern #steel #buildings: https://lnkd.in/g9d6quXP. #agriculture #farm #farms #agribusiness Canadian Federation of Agriculture BC Agriculture Council Ontario Federation of Agriculture Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers' Association Agri-food Innovation Council Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers (OPVG) Canadian Food Exporters Association University of Regina Bonnefield Ryan Parker Valco Consultants Inc. Tom Eisenhauer, ICD.D #realestate #investing #assets London Chamber of Commerce London Economic Development Corporation (LEDC) Ontario Chamber of Commerce Business Council of Canada

“The launch of the new Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier scheme is welcome," says CLA President Victoria Vyvyan. "But the reality is that it is late, applications don’t open until next summer, and the opportunity for farm businesses and the environment is limited by Defra resources." This reaction comes after Defra also announced 14 additional endorsed actions under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). Read more here: https://lnkd.in/exFPdMqJ

🌻 New suburban development #trend: Instead of being built around golf courses or clubhouses with pools, houses are clustered around a farm. 🌿 Agricultural neighborhood developments or #agrihoods are popping up all over the country, including a handful in Florida. #FloridaAgriculture #Farming #LocalFood #Farmland #HousingTrends #FreshProduce

The Farm Bill Expired (again) and the Stakes are High for Hunters and Anglers We don’t make bigger investments in conservation than those in the Farm Bill. Totaling about $6 billion per year it is the single largest investment in conservation that the federal government makes on an annual basis. The 2018 Farm Bill expired on September 30, 2023, and was eventually extended until September 30, 2024. Early this summer, there was a flurry of activity in the Agriculture Committees. Unfortunately, budget challenges and policy differences have so far prevented the consensus needed to pass any bill in a split Congress, and especially one that traditionally generates wide bipartisan, bicameral support. Reauthorizing and updating Farm Bill programs is always important. But for hunters and anglers, and really anyone who cares about a sustainable food system, there is a major incentive to passing a Farm Bill now. Are we in new territory? What is, and what isn’t at stake for hunters and anglers? Here are six things you need to know. https://lnkd.in/gtd45NHZ

New planning rules could have a 'huge impact' on region's farms, say experts. One of our specialisms is rural planning, so work with us if these changes nay impact you and your farm. #Planning #NorthYorkshire

The fuss over this story (‘Farm to create biggest natural grassland in southern England’) is so very telling. Apparently we’re all going to starve because of projects like this. Such nonsense is peddled to try to stand in the way of nature restoration in Britain. This is low quality farmland, which in any case will continue to be farmed, just in a far gentler way, using free-roaming cattle (and pigs) in a semi-natural savannah grassland. It’s a beautiful plan from every angle. Thing is, for those that use ‘food security’ as the argument for flogging every square inch of the land to death in the pursuit of maximum production, *nothing* is sacred. It’s hard to think of a landscape more sacred than Stonehenge, which is perfectly suited to this kind of wilder farming approach. (The same applies to the Somerset Levels, ‘Avalon’ - the birthplace of England, which ought be a an area of shimmering natural wetlands.) The idea that we should strive to farm intensively everywhere, even in those places which have deep spiritual and cultural meaning for us and which are not well suited to significant food production, is indicative of a soullessness and a rapaciousness that pervade attitudes towards landscapes today. If these people were actually concerned about food security, they would point to the vast tracts of our most genuinely productive farmland that is devoted to growing food not for people but for machines (as ‘bioenergy’) and for miserably confined livestock on factory farms (a terribly inefficient use of homegrown grains). They might also take an interest in food waste. When it comes to food security, adopting a wilder approach in our less productive landscapes is neither here nor there, and they know it. Thankfully, as we’re endlessly being told, private landowners can *do what they please* on their own land; and this family at Stonehenge seems not to be for turning, no matter what accusations are bandied about. And be happy because this is a growing trend in all the right places.