Source: Savannah Levins, WCNC, 4/2/21

 Charlotte is one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation and as a result, urbanization is quickly pushing into surrounding neighborhoods and counties.  Carolina Farm Trust, a local nonprofit, fears that development is eating up farmland across the region and will have a big impact on access to fresh, local food around Charlotte.  “We just can't continue to look at a 3,000-mile supply chain and be comfortable with that," Zack Wyatt, president of Carolina Farm Trust, said. "There's just no way that we're going to keep going. It gets really scary."

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