Report. U.S. continues to lose critical farmland.

The article reports that American Farmland Trust has sounded the alarm for decades as Western states continue to be a case study in unmitigated urban development and its impacts on farmland in Arizona and California that continue to face high urbanization rates and the impacts of climate change. It mentions that Maricopa is growing rapidly as it serves as a bedroom community for the Phoenix area as well as Housing projects there include upscale homes nestled against manmade lakes.