Growth and conflict where country meets city
While sustaining the nation's largest agricultural economy, California also adds about 400,000 new residents each year. Today, about 2.5 million farm acres are located next to, or near by, urban or suburban residences in California, which can lead to "edge" conflicts between new residents and farmers.
In this Market to Market segment from Iowa Public Television (http://www.iptv.org), originally broadcast on Aug. 28, 2009, producers, developers and academics weigh the pros and cons of urban sprawl.
The current California Agriculture cover article explores the most likely areas of urban-rural edge conflicts, including confined-animal facilities such as dairies, poultry ranches and hog farms.
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