Family Protects Ontario Farmland
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After the Greenbelt scandal, Ontario farmers race to save their land
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Wilmot Orchards , in Newcastle , Ont ., signed a 999-year conservation easement agreement with the Ontario Farmland Trust .
The agreement blocks non-agricultural use, no matter who owns the land in future.
Ontario has lost 2.8 million acres — or 18 per cent — of its farmland over the past 35 years .
The trust has protected over 2,700 acres on 26 farms to date.
Wilmot Orchards has grown into one of Ontario ’s largest pick-your-own blueberry farms.
The farm produces 100,000 pounds of blueberries annually .
The family's easement slashes the value of the land, reducing it to less than $100,000 per acre.
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