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		<title>Protecting our Farmland</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dean Murdock
Saanich Councillor, and
Peninsula Agricultural Commission Liaison
Once again, our region is faced with the challenge of proposals to develop agricultural land for residential purposes. The market value of farm land as potential real estate is a tempting cash infusion for farmers struggling to maintain a profit.  But this is a short-term solution.  In the long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manufacturing our local landscapes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 07:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manufacturing our local landscapes
Published: August 03, 2010 1:00 PM
A native black-cap bush used to grow beside the road just along from my place. It yielded tasty berries unlike anything you can buy.
To me the bush seemed such a treasure that in a dry August I carried buckets to water it. So I was shocked to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An early Langford Green Advocate</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Connecting science and art
Focus Magazine July 2010

BRIAN GRISON
When the Garry oak meadows of Langford were threatened, naturalist Fran Benton turned to art and politics.

Considering that she is an artist, it is interesting that Fran Benton’s first passion is natural history, a branch of science. With a degree in biology and geography from the University of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food tourism comes to Langford!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food tourism comes to Langford!
Langford is fortunate to be fairly close to the world-renowned destination for local food tourists &#8211; the Sooke Harbour House.  A food tourist /journalist sought out the fine local food there, but also made a point of visiting a place in Langford where a foody feels at home.
In a newly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crown jewel of this continent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[anonymous wrote:
The following is a one-paragraph excerpt from the April issue of FOCUS Magazine by Gordon O’Connor p.15  who is the forest campaigner with the Dogwood Initiative. It just applies so beautifully to Langford that one cannot help but think of Langford while reading it.

“Vancouver Island is one of the crown jewels of this continent. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former agricultural land to become subdivision in Langford</title>
		<link>http://greenlangford.ca/news/former-agricultural-land-to-become-subdivision-in-langford</link>
		<comments>http://greenlangford.ca/news/former-agricultural-land-to-become-subdivision-in-langford#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former agricultural land to become subdivision in Langford
BY BILL CLEVERLEY, TIMES COLONISTMARCH 16, 2010


A 501-unit subdivision on a 13.9 hectare parcel at 936 Flatman Ave. was given Langford council’s blessing Monday night following a low-key public hearing.
To be known as McCormick Meadows, the proposal made by architect Herbert Kwan for Sydney and Gay McCormick, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Valley Lavender Farm celebrates 100 years this March 23 2010!</title>
		<link>http://greenlangford.ca/news/happy-valley-lavender-farm-celebrates-100-years-this-march-23-2010</link>
		<comments>http://greenlangford.ca/news/happy-valley-lavender-farm-celebrates-100-years-this-march-23-2010#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Valley Lavender &#38; Herbs &#124; 3505 Happy Valley Road &#124; Langford &#124; Telephone: 250.474.5767
The Happy Valley Lavender Farm celebrates 100 years this March 23 2010! One wonders what Lynda Dowling&#8217;s grandfather was thinking during his humble start walking the E &#38; N (now Galloping Goose) Railway line to check out this property in 1910 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exclude ten Langford properties from the ALR (updated)</title>
		<link>http://greenlangford.ca/submissions/exclude-ten-langford-properties-from-the-alr-proposed</link>
		<comments>http://greenlangford.ca/submissions/exclude-ten-langford-properties-from-the-alr-proposed#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten Langford properties seek removal from the ALR

UPDATE: The Commission made its decision on March 16, 2010 and the decisions were sent out in April.  
See Details: http://greenlangford.ca/alr 
There was no public meeting.


In an email to Bea McKenzie, Roger Cheetham, Regional ALC Planner for the Island, Kootenay, and the North, reports the expected decision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farmland freeze needed now</title>
		<link>http://greenlangford.ca/news/farmland-freeze-needed-now</link>
		<comments>http://greenlangford.ca/news/farmland-freeze-needed-now#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Farmland freeze needed now
G.E.Mortimore
From the Lower Island News, April/May 2010
B.C.&#8217;s Agricultural Land Commission has a moral duty to guard and improve the food supply.  So why do the commissioners shirk their duty?
The law allows removal of pieces of land from the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) for well-documented reasons, but its main purpose requires commissioners to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Houses planned for farmland</title>
		<link>http://greenlangford.ca/news/houses-planned-for-farmland</link>
		<comments>http://greenlangford.ca/news/houses-planned-for-farmland#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://timescolonist.com/business/Houses+planned+Langford+farmland/2479162/story.htm
TIMES COLONIST
JANUARY 24, 2010
Langford council is considering a proposal for a 501-unit housing development on land now zoned for agriculture.
The municipality&#8217;s planning committee will consider a staff report tomorrow on a development calling for 102 single-family lots, 61 townhouses and 338 apartments on the approximately 14 hectares at 936 Flatman Ave.
At least part of the [...]]]></description>
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