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Disasters weigh heavy in farm country - PAGE 2 Pumpkin farmers In wake of Fair struggle to Oaks Farms animal plant seeds abuse case, an arrest - page 6 and a lawsuit - PAGE 12 industrye-news.com June 19th, 2019 | AGRITOURISM & FARM NEWS 1 Agritourism & Farm News, your FREE weekly online magazine ISSUE 082 | June 19th, 2019
INDUSTRY NEWS
INDUSTRY news
with Editor Jamie Macready
Disasters weigh heavy in
farm country
recovery. A portion of this
money will help repair levee
damage, and some will help
clean up debris impairing
waterways. This could be
extremely helpful to many
rural communities with
numerous levee breaches and
few financial resources to fix
them.
One major unknown
remaining in the bill is how
much additional
assistance, if
any, will be given
to farmers who
were prevented
by the weather
from planting their
MISSOURI - Natural crops this spring.
disasters have wreaked havoc The bill authorizes
on the United States over the
the Secretary of
past year. Missouri has seen
Agriculture to assist
floods and tornadoes, and
farmers with up to
many others have experienced
90 percent of their
hurricanes, snowstorms,
loss. Typically crop
wildfires and more. On June damage to grain that was this spring. When the waters
insurance’s prevented planting
3, Congress passed a $19.1 stored on farms, and the rest recede they often leave sand,
coverage only provides
billion disaster aid bill to assist of the Missouri delegation trash and other debris in
Americans in recovering strongly supported his efforts. their wake. The aid package payment of about 55 percent
from these disasters. Over This spring’s upper Missouri allocates $558 million to the of the loss. This often does
$5.2 billion of this is targeted River flooding in Nebraska, Emergency Conservation not even cover the costs a
toward USDA and related Iowa and northwest Missouri Program (ECP), which helps farmer incurs just to keep
programs, including $3 billion ruined thousands of bushels farmers and ranchers recover farming another year such as
in Farm Disaster Assistance. of corn and soybeans when damaged farmland and put it rent or mortgage payments,
All Missouri members of floodwaters inundated grain back into production. equipment payments and any
Congress voted in favor of the bins with far too little warning The bill designates $435 fertilizer or pesticides already
bill. to evacuate the crops to million for Watershed applied to the ground this
Missouri Senator Roy Blunt higher ground. Protection and Flood year.
fought especially hard to make Many Missouri fields have Prevention Practices, intended Full Article:
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Reasons why a
farmer needs a
lawyer
LAWYERS don’t fix tractors, lease, farm store, or other
plant seed, or pull calves, agritourism option. However,
but they are an important these options come with a
component of any ag slew of legal issues, such
operation. as liability, food laws, lease
On the outside, agriculture agreement rights, and more.
seems pretty cut-and-dry:
you grow a crop or you raise LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR
livestock, sell it, and start LAND TRANSACTIONS
S H A R E YO U R L A N D.
again next year. However,
Farming and ranching are E A R N M O N E Y.
those in agriculture know that
it’s a complex industry with
land-focused endeavors, and Diversify your
there are a myriad of issue
many different aspects and
concerning land that benefits
income for your
considerations. Many of those
aspects and considerations
from a lawyer’s assistance, agribusiness.
also include legal issues such as buying/selling real
concerning agricultural law. estate, land trusts, land With the enormous growth of RVers, and
It is in these areas that make leases, and land use issues.
the limited pool of available camp sites the
having a lawyer an important
ASSISTANCE WITH
industry doesn’t have enough room for its
part of an ag operation.
Having a lawyer on hand COMPLEX LEGAL ISSUES consumers.
for your ag-operation provides Agriculture and its issues
farmers and growers with are becoming more and more The answer to this problem is simple: we need
many advantages. complex. A lawyer can assist more sites where RVers can stay. We need to
with areas such as water expand the limited supply of RV sites. In short,
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How to use goats and sheep
to clear brush
prefer grass and weeds on
the ground. Sheep are like
lawnmowers, while goats are
more like Bush Hogs (for the
uninitiated, that’s the brand
name for a machine designed
to clear heavy brush).
2. FENCING
Staking livestock to a rope
and expecting them to clear
vegetation is ineffective
and can result in animals
dying of strangulation. You
need fencing, which will
likely cost far more
than the animals
to install. Some
modern shepherds
and goatherds rely
on lightweight,
movable electric
IN addition to bearing a new industry - you can fencing, but this is
adorable offspring and now find livestock rental prone to disaster - it
delivering the raw ingredient services in many American easily shorts out in
for delicious cheeses, the cities. Landowners across rainy weather, and
beautiful thing about goats the country are investing in livestock (especially
and sheep is that they love to herds of their own to control goats) are notorious
eat the plants that people are invasive vegetation rather for escaping if given
forever at war with, like kudzu, than using herbicides. Cute enough unsupervised
poison ivy and blackberry animals clearing acres of time. Don’t take your
brambles. Years ago, I had a brush while fertilizing the earth chances with electric
herd of dairy goats and kept as they frolic to and fro may fencing unless you’re
getting requests to “rent” seem like an ingenious land- in a location where
them out for this purpose, management solution. But as periodic escapees
which became a side business with any miracle cure, this one won’t be a problem.
can create as many problems species and which is best
for my farm for a couple of Ideally, use four-
as it solves. Whether you’re suited for the habitat you have foot-tall wire fencing to form
years. Zach Richardson, one
of my co-conspirators in this considering using a rental in mind. Goats will eat grass a perimeter. It’s best to use
enterprise, runs a livestock service or investing in a herd and ground-level weeds, but electric fencing to subdivide a
rental company called the of your own, here are a few they prefer taller, woodier larger area into small plots for
Nashville Chew Crew and was pointers to help maximize your vegetation and will stand concentrated grazing.
recently profiled in the New success. on their hind legs to strip Also, be sure to fence the
York Times with the headline foliage and bark from them, animals out of waterways and
“Make America Graze Again.” 1. GOATS VERSUS SHEEP weakening and eventually other sensitive habitats.
The trend has gone viral It’s important to know the killing the plants. Sheep will Full Article:
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Pumpkin farmers struggle
to plant seeds
he found himself almost pounds of pumpkin last year
stuck in the mud on multiple and this year they still aim to
occasions. Fortunately, he hit the mark.
planted almost all of what “Although it wasn’t ideal -
he intended for corn and since pumpkins tend to grow
soybeans. best in hot, dry weather -
“We don’t have the luxury we were able to adjust our
to wait for perfection,” timeline to accommodate
Ackerman said. Ackerman the weather,” Jim Ackerman,
made the decision to turn agricultural manager for
one corn field into a soybean Libby’s, said earlier this week.
field because he might fare “We’re almost completely
better on the yields. done with planting, which puts
Ackerman isn’t the only us right on schedule.”
farmer being affected by the Libby’s and the 58-year-old
weather. The vast majority Morton farmer were able
of canning pumpkins are plant their fields, and now it
grown in Illinois, most of is a waiting game to see what
those around this area. the climate will be later this
Raghela Scavuzzo, Illinois season and how their crops
Speciality Growers fare with it.
Association John Ackerman said he and
director, says his wife, Eve, are “looking
MORTON, ILLINOIS - that all pumpkin forward to normal weather,
Pumpkins may not be in growers are whatever that will be.”
season for most of us, behind. Ackerman has been farming
but for John Ackerman, “When you since 1983, and early on he
Morton farmer, pumpkins have natural faced challenges. Ackerman
are on his mind. disasters or keeps detailed books on
Ackerman plants corn bad weather every planting season, and
and soybeans, which it impacts he remembers the drought
have both been delayed the entire of 1988 that devastated his
due to weather, but food system,” crops. Now, it is the moisture
more than anything else, Scavuzzo said. in the air that has kept
Ackerman is a pumpkin “When it does Ackerman and many other
farmer. impact, you are farmers from working.
“I’m a pumpkin geek,” going to see it “If I plant today, I don’t
Ackerman said. not only impact know if it would be ready for
So far this planting the farmer, the the [Morton] pumpkin festival,”
season, Ackerman’s fields month for growing pumpkins. consumer, but Ackerman said before his
were empty. According to Like many other farmers, everyone in the market. In June 7 planting. There are
Ackerman, all the rain has Ackerman contemplated the this market, you don’t get a more than 160 variations of
made his ground compacted choice of prevent planting lot of money to begin with. pumpkins that Ackerman
and difficult to plant seed. insurance, but after talking This is make or break for plants and a chunk of them
Until Friday, June 7, about his four options to his buisnesses.” take 122 days to fully grow.
Ackerman was unable to plant insurance provider he decided Libby’s, the Nestle factory The Morton Pumpkin
a single pumpkin seed, and to try his luck with the fields. in Morton, gave the pumpkin Festival starts on Sept. 11,
now he is off by almost a So this past week, June 3, festival more than 1,700 about a month sooner than
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that 122 days. Chamber of Commerce, says
Ackerman says that he that Ackerman Family Farms
adapts to changes as they is a fixture of the Morton
come, “The hard thing to community.
consider on the farm is, we
“John and Eve Ackerman
deal with the immediate
provide all of the pumpkins
weather.”
prior to festival each year for
During the summer months,
Ackerman is one-man show students to pick up to enter
as he plants the fields himself, into our pumpkin decorating
but come the fall, Ackerman contest,” Eeten said. “The
Family Farms hires between pumpkin decorating contest,
20 and 30 staff members. sponsored by Ackerman
Beginning in late August, Farms, is a favorite for local
Ackerman Family Farms will
children and families. All
open to the public.
Morton School District children
A petting zoo, a corn maze
can pick up a free pumpkin
and guided school tours
become the daily schedule for at Ackerman Farms and then
Ackerman. decorate it to the theme.”
Courtney Eeten, program Source:
director for the Morton https://bit.ly/2MUIyPn
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Albemarle, Virginia grapples with
demand for rural events
called for the changes in
January after the Board of
Zoning Appeals allowed
Roslyn Farm & Vineyard off
Hydraulic Road to host more
events like farm-to-table
dinners and play amplified
music, despite concerns from
neighbors that the owners
were not doing much farming.
Supervisor Ann H. Mallek,
who lives on a farm near
Earlysville with her family, said
that several recent proposals
sparked the board’s concern.
“If a person does not
produce anything, or
significant amounts so
that they have to find other
ways to sell it, they should
not be getting the special
dispensation to have events,
James King, youngest son of the King Family Vineyards family, stands in front of the winery's tasting room and
outdoor seating. which may have impacts on
neighbors and the rural area in
general,” she said.
ALBEMARLE, VA. - Every “As a business grows, every The study also found Virginia limited the ability
Wednesday evening during year it gets harder and harder recent growth in agritourism. of counties to control
the summer, King Family to make that extra margin, that About one-third of the farms, “reasonable and customary”
Vineyards hosts a live band extra dollar, so you have to get wineries, breweries and winery activities in 2007,
and a food truck. The event creative. Leveraging a food distilleries identified by the partially because of the
tends to attract Crozet locals, truck, an asset that you don’t study had been in business for advocacy of James King’s
and they drink wine and catch have in-house, I think is some five years or less. father, David King. The General
up with friends until 8 p.m., low-hanging fruit,” King said. Albemarle updated its Assembly adopted similar
when the vineyard starts Events are a substantial and ordinance on May 15 to protections for agricultural
shutting down for the night. growing part of agriculture- institute similar standards for events in 2014.
James King, youngest related businesses, and farms as were already in place James King said that his
son of the family, said that Albemarle County has been for wineries and breweries family has been happy to
they saw other wineries and updating its ordinances to and is about to embark on a work with the county to
breweries successfully hosting keep up. second phase of changes. minimize the effects of rural
similar events and decided A study published in March The goal of the updates, events on neighbors through
to start their own series. 2017 by the Pamplin School according to the staff report, landscaping, directing traffic,
Most of the winery’s income of Business at Virginia Tech was to both support the and monitoring noise.
comes from selling wine, King found that visitors to Virginia’s agricultural economy in “You know, you do have to
said, but events have helped roughly 1,400 agritourism the county’s rural areas help mitigate some of those
the vineyard make the profit venues spent an estimated and minimize impacts to potential friction points.
margin they need to stay a $1.5 billion on and off the neighbors. Full Article:
successful business. farms in 2015. The Board of Supervisors https://bit.ly/2wWbAmP
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Christiansburg farm becomes largest
producer of hemp in Virginia
and cannabidiol, or CBD.
"This plant has so many
positive healthy benefits for
people with fibromyalgia, with
joint pain, with inflammation,
with sleeping disorders with
anxiety, all that type of stuff,
without the psychoactive
effects that you get from
marijuana," Hagan said.
It wasn't until Virginia
passed the 2018 Farm Bill
that hemp was even allowed
to be grown in the state for
purposes beyond just
research.
"I think allowing for the
commercial production
of hemp in Virginia
gives Virginia's farmers
another opportunity
to supplement their
agricultural income,"
Erin Williams, hemp
policy adviser for the
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. --
Virginia Department of
In mid-morning, John Straw
Agriculture.
starts his four-wheeler and
drives down the hill. And one of the first to
invest in the plant on a
"I try to ride through every
large scale, is race car
field every day," he said. "Make
driver and cattle farmer,
sure they have adequate
Matt Hagan.
water. Make sure that they
"People see a marijuana leaf "The community needs to "They say we're going
have adequate nutrition."
and they think, 'Ah, that's just know that we need to be at to be one of the biggest in
Straw is in charge of
marijuana.' But it's really not," a .3 percent compliance on the state of Virginia and that
checking each and every one means we're taking one of the
said Matt Hagan, the farm's THC," Hagan assured.
of these hundreds of plants at biggest risks in the state of
owner. THC or
TruHarvest Farms. Virginia," he said.
Here at TruHarvest, it's tetrahydrocannabinol, is
"It's just a lot of attention to actually hemp, a genetically A million dollar risk that
detail," he said casually. the chemical that produces
modified plant that has high could have a multi-million
Here, they're not growing psychoactive effects.
CBD concentration and low dollar payout.
your typical farm produce. THC. "Some strands of marijuana
"Everybody says, 'you're
"We're growing hemp for are 30 percent. So you're either going to be the biggest
"You could come out here
CBD oil," Straw said. and try to smoke this stuff, looking at 100x more THC in dummies on the block or
The rolling farm hills and but you're not going to get recreational marijuana," Straw we'll be popping champagne
big barn can be seen from high. You're not going to said. bottles.' I don't know," Hagan
Interstate 81, and its logo is feel anything from it," Straw Hemp on the other hand is laughed.
definitely eye-catching. explained. grown for its fiber properties He said while it's exciting to
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"They say this is one keep the plants from drowning
of the easiest crops to in Virginia's rainy, humid
grow poorly and one of climate.
the hardest crops to grow "We're just making it up as
well," he said. we go," Straw laughed.
This much hemp has
They're working with Virginia
never been grown in
Tech and the state to increase
Virginia which is why
hemp research here in the
Hagan has enlisted Straw's
state.
help.
"We need to work with
He's a specialty crop
expert, even though- producers to not only gather
university research but on-
"I've never grown hemp a
day in my life." form research to see what's
practical and how we can
-Straw is learning right
along side Hagan. relate that message to other
look at the monetary potential, a lot of research on the best farmers and make the whole
Hemp is challenging for
it's also a risky investment. ways to grow hemp here in several reasons. The first, is industry a lot stronger," Kelli
Hemp is commonly grown Virginia. the lack of information on the Scott, a Virginia Cooperative
on the west coast where the When Hagan looks out at his crop. There's no research on Extension agent, said.
climate is much different than 85 acres of farmland, he sees what pesticides to use, what Full Article:
the east coast's. There isn't a lot of hard work. variety grows best, or how to https://bit.ly/2wThd4W
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In wake of Fair Oaks Farms animal
abuse case, an arrest and a lawsuit
care and comfort for our
cows."
"But Fairlife's and its
founders' promise is a sham,"
the lawsuit alleges, and
describes footage released
last week by Animal Recovery
Mission allegedly showing
some workers at Fair Oaks
Farms abusing calves.
"As a matter of routine and
practice, Fairlife's cows are
tortured, kicked, stomped on,
body slammed, stabbed with
steel rebar, thrown off the side
of trucks, dragged through the
dirt by their ears, and left to
die in over 100-degree heat,"
the lawsuit alleges. "Calves
that do not survive the torture
are dumped in mass graves.
To add insult to injury, the
abuse is rampant even at
CHICAGO - Chicago-based
Fairlife's 'flagship farm in
Fairlife, under fire after the
Indiana' that customers are
release of a video showing
urged to visit on the Products'
animals being mistreated
labels."
at one of its supplying dairy
The suit claims Fairlife
farms, is being sued for
and McCloskeys engaged in
fraud for promoting the
fraud and unjust enrichment
"extraordinary care and
and violated numerous state
comfort" of its cows on its
consumer protection laws.
milk labels.
It seeks to include anyone
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday who purchased Fairlife milk
in Chicago federal court by nationwide in a class.
a California man who was Fairlife is aware of the
a consumer of Fairlife milk, lawsuit and is reviewing it,
release more videos from its portrayed to visitors on the
seeks class-action status. CEO Mike St. John said in a
undercover investigation of farm's Dairy Adventure tour.
It names Fairlife as well as statement.
Mike and Sue McCloskey, Fair Oaks Farms, which runs a In his suit, Alain Michael, of
popular agritourism business "Fairlife is committed to the
owners of Fair Oaks Farms in Thousand Oaks, Calif., alleges
humane and compassionate
northwest Indiana where the that draws families and school he paid a premium for Fairlife
care of animals," St. John said.
alleged abuse took place, as groups. On Wednesday the milk because of the "promise"
"As we shared last week, we
defendants. animal welfare group released listed on the labels, with the are taking immediate actions
The suit comes as Animal a new video showing cows signatures of the McCloskeys, to ensure our high standards
Recovery Mission, an animal struggling to stand while being stating that its supplying of animal welfare are being
welfare nonprofit based milked and contrasts it to the farmers provide "extraordinary executed at each of our
in Miami, continues to way the milking process is animal care" and "extraordinary supplying farms."
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Fair Oaks Farms and
the McCloskeys did not
immediately respond to a
request for comment about
the lawsuit or the newly
released video. Last week
Mike McCloskey blamed
the abuse on a few bad
workers and announced
numerous measures to
prevent such conduct from
occurring again.
Last week's video, shot
by an Animal Recovery
Mission investigator
who posed as a calf care
employee at Fair Oaks from
August to November of last
year, prompted backlash
against the farm and its
flagship product. About a culpability along with any other
dozen retailers have pulled individuals that are involved,"
Fairlife from their shelves, he said.
including Jewel-Osco, Tony's At a press conference
Fresh Market and Pete's Wednesday in Chicago,
Fresh Market. Animal rights Couto emphasized that those
activists organized protests suggestions are false.
in several cities, including
"I want to be very clear: Our
outside Fairlife's West Loop
headquarters, where they worker took no part in any
chanted for the company to type of abuse in any of the
be shut down. More than locations," said Couto, who
50 people work at Fairlife's was clad in military fatigue
Chicago office. pants. "None of the workers
Newton County Prosecutor and that authorities should
The Newton County were hired or staged by
Jeff Drinski, in an emailed prosecute the owners of the
Sheriff's Office on Monday Animal Recovery Mission."
response to questions, farm, where he said abuse
announced charges against Couto targeted Fair Oaks
said he has filed both is widespread and routine
three workers identified in Farms after attending its Dairy
misdemeanor and felony and not the fault of a few bad
the video as participating Adventure tour, which he said
charges of beating a vertebrae apples.
in the abuse. One suspect, presents a rosy image of how
animal. The felony carries a But Drinski said Fair Oaks
Edgar Gardozo-Vasquez, cows are treated that doesn't
36, of Brook, Ind., has been sentence of 6 months to 2.5 Farms is not the subject of the
years incarceration and up investigation. reflect the behind-the-scenes
arrested and is being held at
to a $10,000 fine, while the reality. Investigators applied
the Newton County Jail. U.S. There have been allegations
misdemeanor is punishable by that the undercover employee for jobs at 12 different dairies
Immigrations and Customs
up to 1 year of incarceration working for the animal under the Fair Oaks Farm
Enforcement has placed a
hold on Gardozo-Vasquez, the and a $5,000 fine. rights group encouraged the umbrella and shot undercover
sheriff's office said. The other The founder of Animal mistreatment, Drinski said. video at the ones where they
two men had not been located Recovery Mission, Richard "Once the investigation has were hired, he said.
or arrested. The office said its Couto, said that charging been completed, I will make Full Article:
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From field to phone: new app
highlights local farms
department called “Fork to
Farm.” McGiffin said the Fork
to Farm video will be used
across the state to promote
restaurants that source from
local farms.
McGiffin pointed out
that, according to the North
Carolina census, North
Carolina lost 8 percent of
farmland in 2017. Moore
County gained 13 percent, but
McGiffin said that the loss of
farmland is a state-wide trend.
“When you lose farm land,
you lose heritage and you
lose your connection to the
farm,” she said. “When you
lose your connection to the
farm, you lose access to fresh
NORTH Carolina- The North with the Convention and to diversify the destination,” fruits and vegetables. It’s just
Carolina Extension Service is Visitors Bureau and receiving Werz said. “We want to show a domino effect.”
making it easier for visitors to grants from the North Carolina people that we’re not only an McGiffin said she hopes
check out what’s happening Department of Agriculture iconic golf destination - we’re that the app will not only draw
at farms in Moore County and the CVB to develop and so much more than that.” visitors to Moore County’s
through the release of their maintain the app. The CVB, along with the farms, but it will also educate
new Visit NC Farms app. The extension service’s extension service and Misty the people about where their
Moore County is one of partnership with the CVB was Morning Ranch in Robbins, food comes from.
the five counties with farms integral to the development hosted an ostrich dinner on
“There are a lot of
featured on the app so far, and success of the Visit NC June 1 to raise money for
misconceptions out there
along with Cleveland, Wake, Farms app and the agritourism the Visit NC Farms app and
about what farming does and
Orange and Lee. County initiative, she said. to bring awareness to the
what farming doesn’t and
Extension Director Deborah agritourism initiative. Misty
“It’s a win-win situation doesn’t do,” McGiffin said.
McGiffin said the app will Morning Ranch is owned and
for both agencies because “Plus, so many people are
promote agritourism in the operated by agritourism focus
agritourism benefits the two and three generations
area by providing visitors with group member Ryan Olufs and
farmers in the area but it’s removed from the farm, so
a list of local farms and what his wife Gaby.
also an opportunity to support they really have no idea where
those farms have to offer for Ashten’s Restaurant catered
tourism in the area,” she said. their food is coming from.”
residents and visitors in the the meal using local fruits and
area. Phil Werz, the Moore vegetables, and of course, “When you lose farm land,
According to McGiffin, the County Convention and ostrich meat and ostrich eggs you lose heritage and you
extension service formed Visitors Bureau president from Misty Morning Ranch. lose your connection to the
a focus group comprised and CEO, said he hopes that In addition to promoting farm,” she said.
of local farmers interested the Visit NC Farms app will the new app, the dinner also The Visit NC Farms app is
in promoting agritourism encourage day-trip golfers to served as a film location for currently available through any
at their farms about a year bring their families and stay for a video that’s currently being smartphone app store.
ago. The group gained more a weekend. produced for North Carolina Source:
momentum by partnering “This is a great opportunity State University’s tourism https://bit.ly/2ZucX8j
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2019 Colorado Farm Fresh
Directory released
Fresh,” said Wendy White, coloradoagriculture.com/
marketing specialist for the farmfresh and as a mobile app
Colorado Department of for smartphones.
Agriculture. “I love to see The 2019 Colorado Farm
how excited everyone gets Fresh Directory is published
when local products are by the Colorado Department
readily available.” of Agriculture with generous
The 2019 Colorado Farm support from 4Rivers
Fresh Directory features more Equipment, Longmont Dairy
than 200 farms, ranches, Farm and Royal Crest Dairy
roadside stands, u-picks (cover sponsors), Anderson
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