The National Capital Commission wanted to preserve the Farm in the year 2017.

"The Central Experimental Farm, established in 1886, is a unique working farm in the heart of an urban region. The Experimental Farm is open to the public throughout the year, along with the adjacent Arboretum. This central asset of the Capital's urban green space network contributes to biodiversity and reinforces the link from the Rideau Canal to the Ottawa River ecosystems. In the coming years, the long-term ecological and scientific outlook for preserving the CEF and the Arboretum should be revalidated in an update to the existing 2005 plan." (Google: The Plan for Canada's Capital 2017-2067, page 40/95.)
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The Americans have a 446-acre National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. Perhaps it would be appropriate to designate the CEF a living museum, a museum without walls and Ottawa's National Experimental Farm.