th census bureau shows a decline in the number of farms in United States. It also shows the number of acreage per farm has gone down. The number of harvest corps has gone down too. With the trend it shows it is possible that farms could be in danger. See appendix b.From my own experience I have seen an area that use to be nothing but farms turn in to town houses and Wal-Marts. The community that I live use to be a farm. It was bought back in the 70’s. The man who bought made a lake and sold land to elderly who wanted and quiet place to retire. Only 30 years later and this community are now at full capacity with all types of families. Right outside my development will be another development because a farm was just sold and subdivided. All this growth had an impact on the school I attend. They are running out of space to expand and money. Every year they have to purchase at least two buses to and to the routes. Just in the three years I have been out the class sizes have doubled. For example, I graduated with 99 in my class this years class with graduate with close to 200 hundred. In the town I shop their use to be one mall and nothing but farms. In the 10 years I have lived there they have sold three farms and built Wal-Marts, K-Marts, car dealerships, and restaurants. I know this is just one sample but from my readings I am finding I am not the only community this happening too.In conclusion the use of farmland is a battle that may never end. The battle is economy verses environment. In either case society will have to deal with the positives and negatives. For example industries provide jobs for several people. On the other hand farms provide the people with the food that is needed for survival. If we were to import most of our food, the price of most products would go up. This would make it even harder for those who are from low-income families to get meals. The quality of land would not be good if there w...
