Local Foodlands Threatened by Aerotropolis

Local group Hamiltonians for Progressive Development www.progressivedevelopment.ca have issued a fact sheet on the Aerotropolis. Later this year, city council will be asked to permanently turn over 2,000 acres of prime Hamilton farmland to create another large zone dedicated to development. Located near the airport, these "Airport Employment Growth District" lands, slated for industrial use, have become known as Aerotropolis.

Threstening our food security. Last year water shortages in California (where most of our produce comes from) forced half a million acrest of farmland out of production and those shortages are expected to worsen. With the city already having over 1500 acres of greenfield lands available for industrial use in existing business parks, plus hundreds of acres more of under-utilized old industrial properties, the development of the aerotropolis is being justified by what is considered very inflated growth projections and other reasoning called into question.

Stop by this month's Green Drinks for factsheets/petition. (July 20 at the Artword Artbar