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Indiana used to be almost entirely forest. Now, most of the remaining forest is in state parks; in fragmented clusters around Southern Indiana; and in the northern suburbs of Indianapolis – especially the “old money” neighborhoods of northern Marion County.
We don’t need to rank high in protecting our farmland because we destroyed too much of our forests to create farmland. The State has ridiculous levels of AG pollution; farmers have so much competition that it’s hard for them to stay in business; and much of Indiana’s natural beauty is gone.
As a state that sold itself out to farming, ranking low in “farmland protection” is perfectly fine. If anything, I wish that The State would incentivize the sustainable forestry industry in such a way as to reclaim our forests in The State. It could even help farmers too, who could probably make more money from lumber than they do from commodity crops and federal subsidies.
At the same time, suburbs should not be swallowing up rural land – whether it is farmland, the forest, or otherwise. Indiana’s suburbs are largely incompatible with our low property taxes, our climate, our road funding formula, and a number of other things. Low density suburbs are largely not sustainable – especially in Indiana, and we should be building up rather than out.