Clarke Gourlay, Regional District of Nanaimo director and manager of Morningstar Farm, said the greatest issue for farming isn’t housing, it’s cost of land.

“I think what we’re missing is the Agricultural Land Reserve is not the residential land reserve, it is not a reserve for housing, for cheap housing, for family group housing, it’s a reserve for farming, for agriculture,” ……..

Gourlay added that farmland is not the place to address housing shortages, it’s a place to farm.