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	<title>The Fayette Alliance &#187; Our Farmland</title>
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	<description>Our Town, Our Farms, Our Future</description>
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		<title>Thoroughbred Industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 20:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cash receipts from sales of horses and stud fees in Kentucky again made equines the top agriculture product in 2008, according to state agriculture commissioner Richie Farmer.
The 2008 farm gate cash receipts numbers were announced Aug. 27 by the Kentucky office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service. The $4.84 billion total surpassed the previous record of $4.52 billion set in 2007.
&#8211;TheHorse.com, 2009
Kentucky, which annually produces more registered foals than any other state, yielded a record [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Agriculture Industries</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 19:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet, Fayette County is not only famous for its thoroughbreds, but also its row crops and livestock.
The Bluegrass Stockyards is also located here in Fayette County, and it largest stockyards East of the Mississippi River.
Kentucky is the largest cattle-producing state east of the Mississippi River. It has over 1.1 million beef cows with an overall cattle inventory of 2.4 million. Cattle producers generated over $561 million in cash sale receipts last year, and this money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food and Energy Security</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 19:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in our nation’s history, the United States imported more food products by value than it exported in 2006. Food increasingly comes from distant, sometimes unsafe sources. The average foodstuff travels over 1,500 miles to its destination. 
&#8211;American Planning Association, January 2008.
Yet, by the year 2030, China will demand more food alone than is produced in the entire world today. Indeed, food is a limited and potentially priceless commodity that is essential to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overall impact of Fayette County Agribusiness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 19:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employment numbers and value of agriculture production and processing in Fayette County*






Employees  


Gross Product Generated




8,542


$803 Million




* Includes farms and ancillary industries, i.e. veterinary services, feed stores, etc. 
&#8211; Dr. Timothy Woods, Agri-business Task Force Study, 2005
The Employee withholding tax and payroll tax are major revenue sources for the city. 
&#8211; American Farmland Trust, “The Cost for Community Services inLexington-FayetteCounty Kentucky”, 1999; LFUCG Dept. of Revenue, 2006
LFUCG Dept. of Revenue does not know the amount of tax revenues generated by Fayette County [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agritourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 19:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Farming in Fayette County is not just about cash receipts; it&#8217;s also about tourism. Agritourism in Fayette County is also a major industry, contributing over a billion dollars each year to the regional economy.
&#8211; The Lexington Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, 2006
60% of tourists visit Lexington to see its farms. 
&#8211; The Lexington Convention Visitor’s Bureau, 2006
A remarkable amount of tourists come to Fayette County each year to experience its rural heritage. In 2004, over 1.4 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Effects of Urban Sprawl on Agribusinesses in Fayette County</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 19:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite these incredible statistics, we are losing the factory floor of the thoroughbred, general agriculture, and agritourism industries in Fayette County to urban sprawl.
Between 1997-2002, we lost 19,508 agricultural acres in Fayette County.
&#8211; 2005 USDA Annual Report.
And it is estimated that we lose 137 acres of prime agricultural land in the inner Bluegrass Region each day to urban sprawl.
&#8211; USA Today, “Houses vs. Horses, November 3, 2005
Sprawl also has affected the national agricultural landscape.  Since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Rural Settlements</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 19:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Knox van Nagell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Effects of Urban Sprawl on Rural Settlements
Historic rural settlements such Athens, Jimtown, Uttingertown, Mattoxtown, and Coletown are threatened by encroaching urban development.  Many of these settlements are close to the current urban service boundary, and if an expansion goes forward, many will be swallowed up.  Without question, an influx of traffic, noise, and commercial, industrial, and residential development will compromise their historic integrity and sense of place.
The 1996 Rural Land Management Plan recognized this [...]]]></description>
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