Mr. Wagner is completely wrong with regard to the following statement in his responsive article to Mr. Salatin: “They do not, as Mr. Salatin contends, “freeze a farm in time,” for to do so would limit future opportunities to adjust to new markets, change operating models and take advantage of new research and farming methods.”

Mr. Wagner, on behalf of Virginia farmers suffering because we in good faith were manipulated to place our farms in restrictive easements that are forever preventing us (and our children’s children) from farming or changing technology/operational skills or farming methods – We are frozen in time and invite you to our community to create policies to protect farming rights our lands.

We naively signed “agricultural conservation easements” in Virginia backed by VOF and active organizations like Piedmont Environmental.
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Coalitions are necessary because the restrictive language of the easements is enforced by Nazi tactics so heinous we are concerned for the future of farmers in Virginia. It is unfathomable that Polyface Farms and others are unable to have a dog house (dog houses are not even permanent and can be moved).