Mar 12, 2012

Struggling farmers digging out of debt

Chris Pawelski may be the fourth generation of his family to grow vegetables in Orange County, N.Y., but he’s far from a typical farmer.

He’s an aspiring comic with college and graduate degrees in broadcasting and film studies; a political wonk who travels to Washington several times a year to advocate for farmers; an avid Facebook and Twitter user, firing off tweets on just about everything from being bored at “onion school” to musing about Tiger Woods. Crain’s New York

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