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FARMSTAND

This is Brian’s family’s store. They sell many different vegetables and lollipops.
They also sell chocolate marble cheesecake and other great things.
By GALA Girl Roselleen

Trip to Farmer’s Brian’s Farm Project Description by Jennifer Suggs

This summer we have been visiting the farms of our farmers at the market. This is a neat opportunity for the city girls to visit farms out of the city. In July we visit Farmer Brains family farm 3 hours outside of the city. Brian led the girls on detailed two-hour tour of his family farm. Brian’s family has been farming for over a hundred years on both sides. He now grows on two different farms. We toured the large farm, where he grows the majority of his vegetables. Farmer Brian is unique in that he grows a diverse variety of vegetables (cauliflower, broccoli, squashes, onions, leeks, string beans, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, corn, various greens, pickles, cucumbers, beets, dill, cilantro, basil), Today most farmers specialize in growing one crop, but Brian prefers to farm the traditional way, growing a variety of crops to sell at local markets. He believes it is safer, because monocroping leaves the chance of loosing your crop to one pest, or storm, etc. Brian takes such pride in his work and his passion is obvious as he shows us every row on his large farm. He shows us all of his machinery, his historic barn still in use, the greenhouse, the irrigation system, the tractors for every purpose. Then he shows us every crop, talking about how it is grown, how it is harvested, what problems he has with it, why he likes or does not like to grow it. It was so interesting and even our City girls were enthralled with farmer Brian. Before heading back home he showed us his other farm where he grows potatoes, and then he drove us by the beach one mile away were the girls were delighted to run on the sand for 10 minutes. One last stop at the Gajeski Produce Stand where made some purchases from Brian’s family and then we took off for the city. It was a great day on the farm.