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[Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com>]

There is another consideration.  Often there must be a minimum cash  
income from a piece of property for it to be considered a farm for  
various purposes: cheaper water, perhaps cheaper taxes. This is the  
case in this part of Canada, and  I remember reading that it would be  
a good idea for two subsistence farmers to sell to each other so that  
they could benefit from this law.  I can't remember whether this was  
in Harrowsmith (Canadian) or Mother Earth News (American).

A nearby friend with ten acres meets the required minimum by selling  
plants, and is able to get her water at farm rates.

Diane Whitehead
Victoria, B.C., Canada