Rick Ford, left, and Adyl Cunamio pull weeds from a Swiss chard in a hop house at Longview Center for Agriculture in Collegeville.
This week is Future Farmers of America Week. When I was told this my first thought was; what kid dreams becoming a farmer? My mind wandered to overalls, pitchforks, and tractors. Going to Longview Center for Agriculture changed my perspective on what it really means to grow your own food, as well as all the different career paths one can take in horticulture.
"There's a new generation of farmers that is much more vigorous racially and smaller in scale, and we're finding it's possible to make a living off of less traditional farming than the Iowa corn farmer," said Fonda, production manager of Longview.
"I think people are getting very creative about tweaking the system to their advantage."
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