The American Farmland Trust says the United States loses two acres of farmland every minute of every day to urban spraw.  Travel to California where the problem is at its most dramatic.  Is a problem or does it benefit farmers?

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Contact Information
American Farmland Trust
American Farmland Trust - California - "Paving Paradise"

Farmweek Broadcast Times (Note:  all times are Central Time Zone)
Mississippi Public Broadcasting Television
August 24 - Monday - 6 a.m.
(No Saturday 6:30 p.m. broadcasts until March 28 due to MPB fund raising)

RFD-TV (satellite network)
DIRECTV, Channel 345 or DISH Network, Channel 231
August 21 - Friday - 5 p.m. 
August 22 - Saturday - 3 a.m.