Comments on: Farmland Conservation: The Important Lesson of Brentwood, California http://civileats.com/2009/08/10/farmland-conservation-the-important-lesson-of-brentwood-california/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:45:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jeremy Warner http://civileats.com/2009/08/10/farmland-conservation-the-important-lesson-of-brentwood-california/comment-page-1/#comment-3859 Jeremy Warner Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:08:50 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=4632#comment-3859 My fiancee and I went to Brentwood a few years ago to go apple picking, and we were appalled at the exurban sprawl consuming most of the area. It's even more startling if you come in from the north, from the Sacramento river delta - it's all farmland until you cross the delta, and then it's all highway and subdevelopments. Perhaps Frog Hollow can look into planting some trees in disused foreclosed backyards and start reclaiming the land!! My fiancee and I went to Brentwood a few years ago to go apple picking, and we were appalled at the exurban sprawl consuming most of the area. It’s even more startling if you come in from the north, from the Sacramento river delta – it’s all farmland until you cross the delta, and then it’s all highway and subdevelopments.

Perhaps Frog Hollow can look into planting some trees in disused foreclosed backyards and start reclaiming the land!!

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