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Georgia Farmland Conversion to Housing Projected at 10 Percent Over 15 Years
Georgia officials expect development to convert 10 percent of the state's farmland into housing and industrial sites by 2041. A state conservation fund aims to slow farmland loss.
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Georgia expects development pressures to convert 10 percent of its farmland into housing or industrial sites over the next 15 years.
The state anticipates significant farmland reduction due to residential and industrial growth. Officials link the changes to population increases and economic expansion.
A state conservation fund exists to purchase development rights from farmers. Program administrators have not released recent enrollment or acreage figures.
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