Peak Oil Task Force Report - City of Bloomington - State of Indiana

23. Reserve open land for agriculture and make additional land available for food
production. Specifically the community should:
• Inventory existing farmable land within the city, county, and region;
• Ban suburban‐type development within the City's corporate boundary;
• Shift development focus to brownfield sites and increase density in areas
with good services and transit (See Land Use chapter);
• Re‐zone planned greenfield developments to include larger‐scale agriculture;
• Provide incentives for households to establish mini farms where
appropriate;
• Support the establishment or direction of regional land trusts to hold
farmland for long‐term lease and usufruct; and
• Discourage the conversion of golf courses, sports fields, or other large tracts
of open land to development. Instead, reserve them for future food
production.
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