I am in favor of a greenhouse but using prime farm land which is some of the best in RI and putting this structure on it is awful. URI has acres of forest land north of the campus that could be used instead.
Rhode Island has a lot of forest land but little farm land like exists at Peckham Farm.
URI has already destroyed acres of prime farm land that
I remember being used to grow potatoes that are now parking lots across from the football practice fields a long Plains Road. Why destroy more farm land when alternatives exist?
Greenhouse at Peckham Farm
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Cheaper than clearing forest land is my guess?OBRAM wrote: ↑1 year ago I am in favor of a greenhouse but using prime farm land which is some of the best in RI and putting this structure on it is awful. URI has acres of forest land north of the campus that could be used instead.
Rhode Island has a lot of forest land but little farm land like exists at Peckham Farm.
URI has already destroyed acres of prime farm land that
I remember being used to grow potatoes that are now parking lots across from the football practice fields a long Plains Road. Why destroy more farm land when alternatives exist?
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I don't think the land north of campus is a good idea for this project, however isn't Alton Jones basically completely unused at this point?OBRAM wrote: ↑1 year ago I am in favor of a greenhouse but using prime farm land which is some of the best in RI and putting this structure on it is awful. URI has acres of forest land north of the campus that could be used instead.
Rhode Island has a lot of forest land but little farm land like exists at Peckham Farm.
URI has already destroyed acres of prime farm land that
I remember being used to grow potatoes that are now parking lots across from the football practice fields a long Plains Road. Why destroy more farm land when alternatives exist?
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It seems a giant greenhouse with research opportunities for best practices on indoor growing and vegetable varieties would be a perfect use for this land. Alton Jones is 2300 acres, surely they could site a 20 acre greenhouse somewhere
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