FEATURE: Activists slam changes to agriculture land bill

“Spending the money on bicycle paths, parking lots and parks to beautify the landscape — which is part of the bill — is not the answer,” Lin said. “Many farmers told us they would rather see the money spent on a sewage system that can separate wastewater from irrigation water, cleaning up polluted farmland, building net houses, supplying subsidized organic fertilizer or helping elderly farmers learn how to implement traceability systems.”