Source: Karen Chavez, ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, 12/14/16

Fertile, high quality farmland continues to disintegrate or turn into high-end second homes across Western North Carolina.
But there are some small victories that give hope to preventing a total loss of homes for cattle and a source of local food, offering protection of mountain heritage and the bucolic scenery that makes the WNC mountains so special.

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