Ah, the farm life! Corn and beans growing in their fields. Bees buzzing as they softly kiss each wildflower. Cattle lowing in the distance. The patter of water as a sports car is washed inside a five-car garage. Wait, what?! Yes, you heard that correctly. Richmond “farm” life has been seeing an increasing number of permit requests for luxurious, estate-style manors to be built on ALR (Agricultural Land Reserve) properties. While some agricultural land owners claim these sprawling buildings are necessary to house the extended family needed to operate large farms, others see land speculators developing cheap rural lands with very little (0 comments)