Amid the millions of acres of Oregon’s protected farmland, a hot debate is underway as a wave of well-heeled outsiders demolishes century-old farmhouses to build multimillion dollar luxury homes or boutique hotels.
Many farmers say those developments are driving the costs of acreage far out of reach of anyone who wants to make a living off of the land. And the trend is so widespread, they say, that it’s posing an existential threat to their way of life, as fertile, food-producing land is converted to hobby farms or dream estates.
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