Sat, 26 Jun 2004

Farm vacations attract city slickers

Ya know, I kinda like the idea behind this: it's educational, and it does give cash strapped farmers (such as yours truely) an additional income source. And we have done the tour and petting zoo routine here at Hammerstead.

But it still seems a shame, somehow, to reduce food production to a tourist enterprise. Or maybe it's just a sad commentary on the times we live in.

One sunny morning, a lanky middle-aged man who likes to be called Farmer Dale lifted a wood panel in his chicken coop and a half-dozen free-range hens strutted out in a line on the chicken run.

(link) [CNN]

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