Maybe Eddie Albert, aka “Oliver” from the sitcom Green Acres was just ahead of his time by a few decades, …  Look what Bloomberg reported:

Farmland is rising faster in price than apartments in Manhattan and London for the first time in 30 years.

Demand for corn used in ethanol increased the value of cropland from 16 percent in Indiana to 35 percent in Idaho in 2006, government figures show. The price of a Soho loft appreciated only 12 percent, while a pied-a-terre in Islington near London’s financial district gained 11 percent, according to Realtors.