It's a Small World ...
A couple weeks ago, I ran across an article in Slate about a family I had played Trivial Pursuit with in Southwestern Wisconsin. Now this morning, reading the Tribune, I see an article about my family's old nemeses, the Brunnquells:
Few people know better than David Brunnquell how fast farmland is disappearing from Wisconsin's Ozaukee and Washington Counties, north of Milwaukee, as new homes replace the open spaces that drew people fleeing sprawl.
A third-generation farmer, whose livelihood depends on renting 800 acres in Ozaukee County, Brunnquell sees his opportunities to rend land shrinking at an alarming rate. The pace of development, which already was soaring, has quickened in the last six to 12 months, he said. "It's like a race to the finish," said Brunnquell, who with his father and two brothers runs Century Acres, a diversified farming operation in the Town of Saukville. "There are four major developments going on around the City of Port Washington at this minute."
Wisconsin towns ponder best way to save farmland
Few people know better than David Brunnquell how fast farmland is disappearing from Wisconsin's Ozaukee and Washington Counties, north of Milwaukee, as new homes replace the open spaces that drew people fleeing sprawl.
A third-generation farmer, whose livelihood depends on renting 800 acres in Ozaukee County, Brunnquell sees his opportunities to rend land shrinking at an alarming rate. The pace of development, which already was soaring, has quickened in the last six to 12 months, he said. "It's like a race to the finish," said Brunnquell, who with his father and two brothers runs Century Acres, a diversified farming operation in the Town of Saukville. "There are four major developments going on around the City of Port Washington at this minute."
Wisconsin towns ponder best way to save farmland
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