Homestead Land and Water Alliance 12752 Platti Road Tracy, CA 95304 (209)835-7974 "mailto:sharon@inreach.com"sharon@inreach.com June 7, 2003 Dear Editor, A recent Tracy Press article, “County to Benefit From New Agriculture Program” sounded so philanthropic! It spoke of a program, PACE (Purchasing Agricultural Conservation Easements), developed by Great Valley Center and American Farmland Trust, two big Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) to help save the poor farmers in their time of need. These NGO’s are going to give farmers “a nice lump sum of money that they can use to improve their operation or for anything they want”. A major problem with these ‘free...
