The Ledger Independent
October 5th, 2006, 12:21 AM
By WENDY MITCHELL Staff Writer
WILLOW -- As a college student, his first summer job was picking tomatoes for the Campbell's Soup Company in New Jersey.
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October 5th, 2006, 08:33 AM
Fire on the Ridge Farm (http://www.fireontheridge.com/) is a member of the River Valley Agritourism Alliance.
For more news on other area farms involved in diversified agriculture, visit the River Valley Agritourism Web Site.
Click Here (http://www.rivervalleyagritourismalliance.com/)
Today, most small farms face such serious financial challenges that they are often forced to sell the farm to land developers and leave farming forever.
Foreign competition critically undercuts prices on farm goods.
So sadly, only large, corporate farms can compete profitably.
But, family farmers realized that if they diversified their operations - adding fruit stands, country stores, cafés', special activities, etc. - they could continue farming and make a small profit.
Agritourism is actually savings thousands of small farms in the U.S. from extinction.
So please support your area farmers this month by attending the many events being held on local farms.