‘Low-intensity’ residential growth biggest threat to Georgia farming

The head of a nonprofit land preservation group said Tuesday that single-family residential subdivisions built on large lots are gobbling up Georgia’s farmland at an alarming rate.Katherine Moore, president of the Georgia Conservancy, told members of a state Senate study committee that the Peach State lost about 2.6 million acres of farmland and 2 million acres of forest between 1974 a...