Comments on: The Business Behind the Farm Visit https://modernfarmer.com/2024/03/the-business-behind-the-farm-visit/ Farm. Food. Life. Thu, 09 May 2024 12:51:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Case Horton https://modernfarmer.com/2024/03/the-business-behind-the-farm-visit/#comment-72151 Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:29:04 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=151995#comment-72151 Very interesting article thank you for the information!

]]> By: Lena Beck https://modernfarmer.com/2024/03/the-business-behind-the-farm-visit/#comment-72092 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 21:06:18 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=151995#comment-72092 In reply to Ann Partridge.

Hi Ann, thanks so much for reading the article and sharing your experience! -Lena Beck

]]> By: Ann Partridge https://modernfarmer.com/2024/03/the-business-behind-the-farm-visit/#comment-72084 Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:46:24 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=151995#comment-72084 I bought abandoned farm land in Yamhill County, Oregon in 2019. The land was choked with noxious weeds, such as Himalayan Blackberry. I cleared the land and developed productive pastures. Income from farming is so low and County regulations are so restrictive regarding agritourism, that I’m pushed to abandon the farm and look for off farm employment to support my family. I’m afraid I’ll be too busy off farm earning a living to stop the ever present threat of blackberry invasion. Since my farm income from selling sheep isn’t sufficient and selling sheep “experiences” is illegal, the productive farmland I’ve created may go back to weeds I wish the regulators could figure out new regulations that support small farmers like me, not restrict us out of business. The goal of farmland protection laws in Oregon are achieving the reverse effects they intended.

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