http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/southwest_idaho_group_forms_ov.html
(AP) Nov. 22 A coalition concerned about protecting farmland from uncontrolled growth and development in southwest Idaho has formed.
The Coalition for Agriculture’s Future includes about 30 groups with interests ranging from farming to food processing to wine making to meat-packing .
George Crookham, the coalition’s chairman, told the Idaho Press-Tribune that the coalition is concerned about the future of valuable farmland. . .
From the Coalition's website: http://www.agriculturesfuture.org/Index.htm
"The Coalition works to help maintain agricultural lands for the future by developing mechanisms that incorporate future looking planning in land use issues that will allow both development and protection of our agricultural heritage and traditions.
"Our ultimate goal is to preserve for future generations a critical natural resource that feeds the world and a heritage that helps define the character of its society. "
