Each year we lose 20,000 to 25,000 hectares of prime farmland to urban expansion

Petition update"SAVE OUR FARMLANDS & SECURE OUR FOOD FUTURE"Each year we lose 20,000 to 25,000 hectares of prime farmland to urban expansion

Violet BBBurlington, Canada

Mar 8, 2019

Soil degeneration and urbanization are responsible for much of the 65% loss of farmland we have suffered in the Maritimes, Quebec and Ontario since 1920
Each year we lose 20,000 to 25,000 hectares of prime farmland to urban expansion
For every million people we add to Canada’s population, we lose 530 square kilometers of prime farmland near our large urban areas

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