Sep 30, 2011
New kind of young farmers taking root

A few generations ago, people got into farming because they grew up on a farm, and there wasn’t much of a choice about who would keep the farm going. But as farmers sold off their land to developers and Americans moved away from rural areas, young people went into more lucrative careers and left the farming to someone else. statesman.com

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