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VALLEY'S TOP 10: Reasons to build housing tracts on farmland

The Fresno Bee

Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006 | 02:05 PM

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10. Farmers won't have to worry about that pesky labor problem.

9. Reduces the need for federal farm subsidies.

8. Who wants a Blossom Trail when we can have a Strip Mall Trail?

7. L.A. did it, and see how happy they are?

6. Can't blame us when there's an E. coli scare.

5. We can use the fair's ag building to sell more kitchen gadgets.

4. With gas prices falling, we can afford $5 apricots.

3. You've seen one field of crops, you've seen them all.

2. We'd have more water to run down our gutters.

1. We can always get our food from Venezuela, just like our oil.

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