I spent the entire day in Bedford. I attended the quarterly Southern Alleghenies RC&D meeting then hit the Bedford office for a minute then did my annual tour of the Bedford County Fair. We went over a fairly new agriculture concept today at the meeting, having outsiders buy into a vegetable patch. Some farmers are planting vegetables for people who pay fees to him or her to plant what they want. Sometimes trades are worked out in lieu of cash for weeding or other chores. The farmer makes money and the buyers get the fresh veggies they want. With milk prices where they have been, many farmers are looking for additional ways to make a dollar. This can work for at least some of them. I thought it was a novel idea. I’d try it, if I were a farmer.

-John