{"id":947,"date":"2023-07-03T13:36:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T17:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=947"},"modified":"2023-07-03T23:30:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T03:30:25","slug":"agriculture-overview","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/chapter\/agriculture-overview\/","title":{"raw":"Overview","rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"raw":"The Agricultural Land Planning Case Study centres on protecting farmland through land use policy.\u00a0 This case describes the scope of farmland protection policies and factors that shape these policies.\u00a0 The application centres on an application to the Agricultural Land Commission to remove (exclude) farmland from the Agricultural Land Reserve.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Case.\u00a0 Planning for Agriculture:\u00a0 Land, Food, and Community Need\r\n<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<p class=\"textbox__content\">This case explores agricultural land use planning by examining the interrelationships among provincial, regional, and municipal planning measures that influence British Columbia\u2019s agricultural land and agricultural sector. This case is guided by over-riding questions about the public interest in protecting agricultural land to produce food for domestic consumption and export. Students are encouraged to identify trends in legislation, policy, and practices that may influence agricultural production in the future, either negatively or positively. Particular emphasis is to be paid to BC\u2019s provincial interest in protecting agricultural lands, the role of local governments, and specific challenges and opportunities facing the agricultural sector.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Application.\u00a0 ALR Exclusion in South Cariboo\r\n<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/header>&nbsp;\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">As a Land Use Planner with the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC), the learner must review an application submitted by the land owner via the Cariboo Regional District to exclude 30.4 hectares from their 53.7 hectare property to create a twenty-eight lot residential subdivision.\u00a0 The primary source of information is the application to the ALC, along with supporting materials.\u00a0 The learner\u2019s task is to complete an ALC staff report and to discuss the merits of the case.\u00a0 The learner must consider agricultural capability, agricultural suitability; and impact of the proposal on the agricultural sector in the area.<\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2><strong>Learning modules that support this case study<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/chapter\/farmland_loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Loss and Alienation of Farmland<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\r\nThis module discusses factors that negatively affect BC\u2019s agricultural lands, leading to permanent loss and alienation.\u00a0 Conversion of farmland refers to the change of tenure from agriculture to residential, commercial or industrial uses, most often the result of urban expansion into rural areas.\u00a0 This loss of farmland is considered permanent.\u00a0 Under the category of alienation (in the sense of separation, isolation, or dissociation), broad discussions about \u201closs\u201d must also consider non-farm uses, fragmentation, parcelisation, concurrent uses, and \u201curban shadow\u201d effects.\u00a0 Non-farm uses refer to uses of agricultural land for activities or facilities that are not directly agricultural uses.\u00a0 Examples of non-farm uses of agricultural land include secondary residential dwellings, commercial operations, gravel pits, churches and cemeteries, golf courses, and parks.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/chapter\/farmland_protection_bc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Strength of Farmland Protection in British Columbia<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Protecting agricultural land is primarily a concern of land use planning by provincial and local governments.\u00a0 This module discusses the quality of land use policy in BC to protect agricultural land.\u00a0 Policy is covered by a legislative framework that defines the context and constraints for what a government can and must do.\u00a0 A legislative framework for agricultural land use planning includes laws, policies, regulations, codes of practice, guidelines, bylaws, strategies, plans, and governance structures.\u00a0 A local legislative framework includes a statutory plan as well as the related regulations, policies, and strategies that frame the plan, and extend both vertically to other levels of government and horizontally to neighboring jurisdictions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/chapter\/farmland_protection_canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Strength of Farmland Protection in Canada<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">This module discusses the quality of land use policy to protect agricultural land by each province in Canada.\u00a0 The module also describes the extent of agricultural land across Canada and its loss.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p>The Agricultural Land Planning Case Study centres on protecting farmland through land use policy.\u00a0 This case describes the scope of farmland protection policies and factors that shape these policies.\u00a0 The application centres on an application to the Agricultural Land Commission to remove (exclude) farmland from the Agricultural Land Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Case.\u00a0 Planning for Agriculture:\u00a0 Land, Food, and Community Need<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"textbox__content\">This case explores agricultural land use planning by examining the interrelationships among provincial, regional, and municipal planning measures that influence British Columbia\u2019s agricultural land and agricultural sector. This case is guided by over-riding questions about the public interest in protecting agricultural land to produce food for domestic consumption and export. Students are encouraged to identify trends in legislation, policy, and practices that may influence agricultural production in the future, either negatively or positively. Particular emphasis is to be paid to BC\u2019s provincial interest in protecting agricultural lands, the role of local governments, and specific challenges and opportunities facing the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Application.\u00a0 ALR Exclusion in South Cariboo<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">As a Land Use Planner with the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC), the learner must review an application submitted by the land owner via the Cariboo Regional District to exclude 30.4 hectares from their 53.7 hectare property to create a twenty-eight lot residential subdivision.\u00a0 The primary source of information is the application to the ALC, along with supporting materials.\u00a0 The learner\u2019s task is to complete an ALC staff report and to discuss the merits of the case.\u00a0 The learner must consider agricultural capability, agricultural suitability; and impact of the proposal on the agricultural sector in the area.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2><strong>Learning modules that support this case study<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/chapter\/farmland_loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Loss and Alienation of Farmland<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>This module discusses factors that negatively affect BC\u2019s agricultural lands, leading to permanent loss and alienation.\u00a0 Conversion of farmland refers to the change of tenure from agriculture to residential, commercial or industrial uses, most often the result of urban expansion into rural areas.\u00a0 This loss of farmland is considered permanent.\u00a0 Under the category of alienation (in the sense of separation, isolation, or dissociation), broad discussions about \u201closs\u201d must also consider non-farm uses, fragmentation, parcelisation, concurrent uses, and \u201curban shadow\u201d effects.\u00a0 Non-farm uses refer to uses of agricultural land for activities or facilities that are not directly agricultural uses.\u00a0 Examples of non-farm uses of agricultural land include secondary residential dwellings, commercial operations, gravel pits, churches and cemeteries, golf courses, and parks.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/landuseplanninginbc\/chapter\/farmland_protection_bc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Strength of Farmland Protection in British Columbia<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">Protecting agricultural land is primarily a concern of land use planning by provincial and local governments.\u00a0 This module discusses the quality of land use policy in BC to protect agricultural 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