Editor: Re: Southlands has the potential to be a convergence community, Community Comment, April 18 I found the Community Comment to be very disturbing. How could anyone with a modicum of intelligence believe that the building of 950 vehicle-dependent homes on farmable land could be benefit to anyone other than the developer? The land in question is zoned agricultural, so why change it? The land is owned by an aggressive developer who is not a farmer and the majority of the land was allowed to go fallow so it looked like it was not farmable. Not correct.
The land was farmed for decades and could be farmed again today, particularly with modern methods and modern crops like blueberries and cranberries.
I just hope those on the Metro Vancouver board don't have the same shortsighted approach as our local politicians (mostly from North Delta) and vote against any development that takes away farmland.
R. Smith
