ANOTHER GOOD ARTICLE

"It would be an extremely short-sighted decision to choose quarries over prime agricultural land. One farmer who spoke to the committee pointed out that he can grow lettuce on his land for $18,000 per tonne year after year, while aggregates sell for a mere eight dollars per tonne, and can only be dug up once."

 

http://gleanernews.ca/index.php/2012/09/20/rosario-marchese-local-produce-or-aggregates/#.UFt_zK7ZbfB