David Hyde talks with King County Executive Dow Constantine about efforts to preserve farmland and open space in rural King County.
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Why King County Is Spending Millions To Stave Off Rural Development
![King County is trying to sell, at a discount, a large swath of land north of Fall City for a new dairy farm.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c0d70d3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1024x768+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkuow%2Ffiles%2F201510%2Fdairycow-Flickr_jennyonthespot.jpg)
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