Dear Committee, I own a 210…

Dear Committee,

I own a 210-acre farm in Rockwood and run a calf-cow business. I do not support amendments to the Greenbelt Area boundary regulation. As a farmer in a non-greenbelt area, I would really like to be included in the greenbelt as developers have slowly bought land around me for development purposes, only a matter of time that I will not be able to farm my land that I have owned for 60 years. No one wants cattle mooing during the day or the manure that comes with growing beef. Trying to replace land in the greenbelt with land outside the greenbelt is not the solution to increased development and the creation of homes. Madrid is a good example of how to increase density in city and that is where increased development should be.

310 acres of farmland are being lost in Ontario on a daily basis. Protecting the Paris moraine is not a solution to housing or protecting farmland. It is a solution to dealing with climate change.