The agricultural landscape which surrounds most of our cities and towns is being converted to development at a still accelerating rate. Farmland is lost as subdivisions and malls with large parking lots are built.
Asphalt replaces topsoil.
This view is in the Nashville metro area. Photo by Gary Layda. Posted with permission of the Metropolitan Planning Department of Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee. Interestingly, what you'll see is now called Butler Farms. Examines the degree to which sprawl threatens the agricultural landscape.