Save Cal Poly Pomona's Pastures and Agricultural Land
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Gergory Castaneda
11 years ago
California
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Gergory Castaneda
11 years ago
California
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Rhonda Watts-Hettinger
11 years ago
Agricultural land--which includes pasture--is NOT waste land and is NOT better suited to paving over and building. Once that is done, you've destroyed agricultural land forever. Surely there is non-ag land that would be better used for building! I have to wonder what the respnse would be if someone proposed paving and building on the sports fields--which don't produce any food, or knowledge of food/animal production!
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Rhonda Watts-Hettinger
11 years ago
Agricultural land--which includes pasture--is NOT waste land and is NOT better suited to paving over and building. Once that is done, you've destroyed agricultural land forever. Surely there is non-ag land that would be better used for building! I have to wonder what the respnse would be if someone proposed paving and building on the sports fields--which don't produce any food, or knowledge of food/animal production!
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Tracy Pan
11 years ago
don't do it! save the horses!
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Tracy Pan
11 years ago
don't do it! save the horses!
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Anonymous
11 years ago
friend of the college, friend of horses
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Erica
11 years ago
friend of the college, friend of horses
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Calin Pahle
11 years ago
CPP student
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Calin Pahle
11 years ago
CPP student
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Jenna Henderson
11 years ago
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Jenna Henderson
11 years ago
CA
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Rhonda Pendleton
11 years ago
California
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Rhonda Pendleton
11 years ago
California
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Naomi Baker
11 years ago
As an Alumni if Cal Poly's Animal Science major, with an emphasis in Equine Industry, I spent many hours on these pastures, either leaning about the plants in a forage class, catching horses or working with young horses for a training or riding class, or being called on to volunteer to help move horses from one pasture to another for grazing rotation. If these pastures are taken away with construction, not only will it effect the horses specifically, but it will also effect the running and management if the Arabian horse center, as they will have to purchase more feed to make up the difference. Please help keep our Cal Poly pastures green and growing, for the students sake, as well as the livestock!
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Naomi Baker
11 years ago
As an Alumni if Cal Poly's Animal Science major, with an emphasis in Equine Industry, I spent many hours on these pastures, either leaning about the plants in a forage class, catching horses or working with young horses for a training or riding class, or being called on to volunteer to help move horses from one pasture to another for grazing rotation. If these pastures are taken away with construction, not only will it effect the horses specifically, but it will also effect the running and management if the Arabian horse center, as they will have to purchase more feed to make up the difference. Please help keep our Cal Poly pastures green and growing, for the students sake, as well as the livestock!
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Debbie Hrabe
11 years ago
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Debbie Hrabe
11 years ago
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Diana Chandler
11 years ago
BS Cal Poly Pomona 2009, MS Angelo State University 2012, both in Animal Science. With the ever increasing demand for agricultural land to be converted into urban use, I am not surprised that Cal Poly is interested in turning some of its pasture acerage into student housing and parking. I beg the university, please reconsider. Please remain true to the heritage of Cal Poly by preserving its open spaces. The horses were my primary reason for attending Cal Poly. That initial attraction has provided me with an incredible agriculture and science based career, a masters degree, and the foundation for helping to run our family's sheep and goat operation. The number of young farmers and ranchers today are not going to be able to sustain the demands of food production without the unequivocal support of universities such as Cal Poly. Please, consider an alternative.
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Diana Chandler
11 years ago
BS Cal Poly Pomona 2009, MS Angelo State University 2012, both in Animal Science. With the ever increasing demand for agricultural land to be converted into urban use, I am not surprised that Cal Poly is interested in turning some of its pasture acerage into student housing and parking. I beg the university, please reconsider. Please remain true to the heritage of Cal Poly by preserving its open spaces. The horses were my primary reason for attending Cal Poly. That initial attraction has provided me with an incredible agriculture and science based career, a masters degree, and the foundation for helping to run our family's sheep and goat operation. The number of young farmers and ranchers today are not going to be able to sustain the demands of food production without the unequivocal support of universities such as Cal Poly. Please, consider an alternative.
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California
Agricultural land--which includes pasture--is NOT waste land and is NOT better suited to paving over and building. Once that is done, you've destroyed agricultural land forever. Surely there is non-ag land that would be better used for building! I have to wonder what the respnse would be if someone proposed paving and building on the sports fields--which don't produce any food, or knowledge of food/animal production!
Agricultural land--which includes pasture--is NOT waste land and is NOT better suited to paving over and building. Once that is done, you've destroyed agricultural land forever. Surely there is non-ag land that would be better used for building! I have to wonder what the respnse would be if someone proposed paving and building on the sports fields--which don't produce any food, or knowledge of food/animal production!
don't do it! save the horses!
don't do it! save the horses!
friend of the college, friend of horses
friend of the college, friend of horses
CPP student
CPP student
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California
California
As an Alumni if Cal Poly's Animal Science major, with an emphasis in Equine Industry, I spent many hours on these pastures, either leaning about the plants in a forage class, catching horses or working with young horses for a training or riding class, or being called on to volunteer to help move horses from one pasture to another for grazing rotation. If these pastures are taken away with construction, not only will it effect the horses specifically, but it will also effect the running and management if the Arabian horse center, as they will have to purchase more feed to make up the difference. Please help keep our Cal Poly pastures green and growing, for the students sake, as well as the livestock!
As an Alumni if Cal Poly's Animal Science major, with an emphasis in Equine Industry, I spent many hours on these pastures, either leaning about the plants in a forage class, catching horses or working with young horses for a training or riding class, or being called on to volunteer to help move horses from one pasture to another for grazing rotation. If these pastures are taken away with construction, not only will it effect the horses specifically, but it will also effect the running and management if the Arabian horse center, as they will have to purchase more feed to make up the difference. Please help keep our Cal Poly pastures green and growing, for the students sake, as well as the livestock!
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BS Cal Poly Pomona 2009, MS Angelo State University 2012, both in Animal Science. With the ever increasing demand for agricultural land to be converted into urban use, I am not surprised that Cal Poly is interested in turning some of its pasture acerage into student housing and parking. I beg the university, please reconsider. Please remain true to the heritage of Cal Poly by preserving its open spaces. The horses were my primary reason for attending Cal Poly. That initial attraction has provided me with an incredible agriculture and science based career, a masters degree, and the foundation for helping to run our family's sheep and goat operation. The number of young farmers and ranchers today are not going to be able to sustain the demands of food production without the unequivocal support of universities such as Cal Poly. Please, consider an alternative.
BS Cal Poly Pomona 2009, MS Angelo State University 2012, both in Animal Science. With the ever increasing demand for agricultural land to be converted into urban use, I am not surprised that Cal Poly is interested in turning some of its pasture acerage into student housing and parking. I beg the university, please reconsider. Please remain true to the heritage of Cal Poly by preserving its open spaces. The horses were my primary reason for attending Cal Poly. That initial attraction has provided me with an incredible agriculture and science based career, a masters degree, and the foundation for helping to run our family's sheep and goat operation. The number of young farmers and ranchers today are not going to be able to sustain the demands of food production without the unequivocal support of universities such as Cal Poly. Please, consider an alternative.