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| | Freedom to Trade? Trading Away American Family Farms Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy |
 | | American family farmers, the supposed beneficiaries of the trade agreements, marched with the workers and environmentalists in Seattle and put the issue of the globalization of agriculture on the agenda of social and economic justice. | | | But the 1996 Farm Bill, based on the US commitment to international trade agreements, eliminated price and income supports and replaced them with annual income payments, to be phased out on a fixed declining schedule over seven years. | | | Basing subsidy payments on farm acreage rather than financial need means that some of the wealthiest members of Congress received farm aid from farm programs they voted for. |
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http://www.foodfirst.org/pubs/backgrdrs/2001/f01v7n4.html
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| | The Family Farm Business Advisor |
| | Bob is a specialist in the structure and management of small and medium-sized organizations, and frequently serves as a personal coach and management consultant to business owners for solving their management and employee performance problems. | | | She has over 15 years of experience with financial institutions and is worked as a Senior Financial Analyst with the Farm Credit Corporation. | | | She obtained her C.A. in 1995 and works at Meyers Norris Penny as an accountant focusing on farmers and farm businesses. |
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http://www.ffba.ca/misc/contributingeditors.html
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| | The Cannons - Dairy Farm |
| | Below are listed the various aspects of farm policy and management that I currently have on this web site. | | | Grazing Management - We view the good management of grazed grass as being crucial to keeping costs down and making a profit in the current depressed economic climate. | | | Grass Budgeting - The tools we use to manage our grass. |
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| | Save Our Farm |
| | Finally after six years of anguish and uncertainty and spending over $300,000 of their retirement savings in legal expenses, the nightmare is over! | | | We must Stop local government from using eminent domain law to take private property (outside their municipality) to build a municipal golf course and golf related facilities. | | | Stop local government from using eminent domain law to take private property (outside their municipality) to build a municipal golf course and golf related facilities. |
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http://www.saveourfarm.com
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| | The Nierman Family Farm History |
| | In 1990 a partial dispersal was held because of health reasons and labor shortage. | | | The use of a consultant has greatly improved herd health and decreased veterinary costs. | | | All feed stuffs are tested and used accordingly. |
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http://www.ansc.purdue.edu/dairy/isda/news/nierman.htm
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| | Family Farm |
| | We sell walnuts to the general public and wholesalers. | | | 7-Business: Statement of Us National Family Farm Coalition on law suit a | | | Oxfam America: President's Budget Could Help Family Farmers - Proposed Farm Payment Cap Could Reform Misguided Subsidies |
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http://www.studswap.com/megalink.php?ID=10
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| | Farm Management & Sales - Soy Capital Ag Services |
| | Faced with taking a loss selling land in a depressed market or becoming landlords of foreclosed property, many banks opted for the latter with professional farm management, hoping that land values would return. | | | Farmers were unable to pay back borrowed money. | | | Any products, management or services offered by companies listed are solely the responsibility of that company and NOT Soy Capital Ag Services Farm Management. |
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http://www.soycapitalag.com
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| | The Ohio Family Farm Coalition |
| | A corporate farm is defined as a legal structure which limits its liabilities only to corporate assets on matter such as debt, environmental liabilities, contracts, etc. suggested additional language is noted between the brackets to ensure consistence with the "goals". | | | A family farm is defined as one in which the farm's ownership, assets, management and major decisions are controlled by at least one family member on the farm. | | | To promote the buying of family farm products by consumers, by publicizing their quality, safety, and value in maintaining a family farm system of agriculture to supply the nation's food needs. |
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http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/2777
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| | Family farm -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | availability of financing: Larger farms today often rely on lines of credit, typically from banks, to purchase the agrichemicals, and other supplies needed for each growing year. | | | For example, on the small farming end, in many jurisdictions, there are severe limits or prohibitions on the sale of livestock, dairy and eggs. | | | oil prices: Directly (for farm machinery) and somewhat less directly (long distance transport; production cost of agrichemicals), the cost of oil significantly impacts the year-to-year viability of all mechanized conventional farms. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/f/fa/family_farm.htm
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| | Corporate Agribusiness Research Project |
| | The Corporate Agribusiness Research Project (CARP) was established to monitor corporate agribusiness from a public interest perspective through awareness, education, and action while at the same time advocating the importance of building alternative, democratically controlled food systems. | | | strategic research and the publishing of The AgriBusiness Examiner, a weekly e-mail newsletter, and The Agbiz Tiller, a periodic online news feature service, CARP seeks to serve family farmers, farm workers and consumers in their struggles for economic and social justice. |
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http://www.ea1.com/CARP
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| | National Family Farm Coalition |
| | The proposed Bush budget cuts for FY 2006 will hurt family farmers, give little relief to taxpayers and continue delivering low priced farm commodities to the corporate livestock industry... | | | The NFFC (founded in 1986) represents family farm and rural groups in 30 states whose members' face the challenge of the deepening economic recession in rural communities caused primarily by low farm prices and the increasing corporate control of agriculture. | | | We provide a voice for grassroots groups on farm, food, trade and rural economic issues to ensure fair prices for family farmers, safe and healthy food, and vibrant, environmentally sound rural communities here and around the world. |
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http://www.nffc.net
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| | Local Harvest / Farmers Markets / Family Farms / CSA / Organic Food |
| | Family farmers sell their products directly to the public through various channels. | | | It is also good for your local economy--buying directly from family farmers helps them stay in business. | | | The freshest, healthiest, most flavorful organic food is what's grown closest to you. |
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http://www.localharvest.org
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| | Farm Aid: Farm Aid |
| | Farm Aid exceeds the 65 percent standard for program expenditures set by the Better Business Bureau and other charity watchdog groups that monitor non-profit performance. | | | Become a Farm Yard member to get a 10% discount in the online store, plus buy Farm Aid tickets before the general public. | | | Eighty cents of every Farm Aid dollar goes to programs supporting family farmers, including grants to organizations that help keep farmers on their land. |
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http://www.farmaid.org
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| | American Homestead Foods Family Farm Certification Project |
| | The cost of this program is a one time fee of $30.00. | | | American Pasturage is a retail marketing agent for family farm raised Pasture Purefect Beef, Elysian Veal, and pastured lamb. | | | The American Homestead Foods Project was developed by a family farmer to help to bring family farmers and consumers face to face. |
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http://www.homesteadfoods.com
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| | Farms Around the World |
| | Bishops Orchard - five generations, 300 acre orchard, vegetables, fruit, market open all year. | | | Farm - 100 year family farm grows beef and orchard. | | | Lyman Orchards - 1,100 acres of fruit and fun for your family in Middlefied. |
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http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab/farms.htm
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| | The NEW FARM |
| | If you're a food business interested in locating farmers who can provide you with the items you need in the form you need them, click here to add your business listing. | | | Tufts University student and family farm activist says its time we scale back commodity payments and start supporting conservation farming. | | | Vine supports for greenhouse tomatoes; 320-acre certified organic farm in IL; tractors in SD and PA; 500-gal above-ground gas tank in WI; Boer goats in IA; organic livestock feed; used chicken equipment in IA; small farms in SD, SC, PA, NY and TN; certified organic oats; Ladino clover seed. |
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http://www.newfarm.org
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| | Santa Barbara Pistachio Co. Story |
| | Santa Barbara Pistachios are competitively priced because our customers order direct, eliminating costly markups. | | | All-natural, Kosher certified, cholesterol-free, Certified U.S. Fancy pistachios that have a delicate crunch and distinctive flavor. | | | In 1989, the Zannon family began Santa Barbara Pistachio Company with the goal of producing the best-tasting, all-natural, pesticide-free pistachios possible. |
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http://www.santabarbarapistachios.com/story.html
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| | MOFFA :: Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance |
| | Farmers, retailers, educators and others can hand these out at | | | Our keynote speaker is Maynard Kaufman, a founding member of MOFFA and current board member. | | | The project is conducted by Michigan State University Professor (and MOFFA Board Member) Jim Bingen in partnership with MOFFA and the Michigan Association of Conservation Districts. |
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| | Putnam Family Farm |
| | If for any reason you are not completely satisfied with your purchase, return the unused portion in the original container for your choice of a replacement or a full refund including your return postage. | | | Or try it on ice cream for a really delicious treat. | | | Vermont Maple Syrup produced on our Putnam Family Farm makes a delicious addition to any meal. |
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http://www.putnamsvtmaplesyrup.com
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| | Farm to Family.net - Tips for Farmers, Direct Marketers and Consumers |
| | Family farmers take extra care to raise their food in ways that consumers find more appealing — organic, grassfed, drug free etc. — but there are costs of time and labor involved in these methods and the farmers must make a living too. | | | Ask farmers how they raise the food or products they are selling. | | | Quality, locally grown food, raised in a healthy way can be a boost to your personal health, so don't expect it to be cookie cutter-style or discount store cheap. |
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http://www.bowviewfarm.com/FarmToFamily/tips_consumers.html
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| | Family Farm Defenders : Home Page |
| | Family farmers have been reduced to “price takers” at the mercy of food cartels. | | | Plans are now afoot to gut Wisconsin's co-op law so that external investors can supercede the authority of co-op members, thus enabling more corporate control. | | | By planting the seeds now, we could all enjoy the fruits of such a home-grown sustainable agriculture agenda for years to come. |
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http://www.familyfarmdefenders.org
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| | Heritage Farm Homepage |
| | Late in 2000 the farm adjoining theirs came up for sale and the family was able to sell the old rifle club and purchase the new property. | | | After marriage in 1979 and many moves between two states, the farm became a reality in 1990 with the purchase of their second piece of land. | | | Timmy, 5, is chairman of rodent control managing the farm's 4, 9, 11, 6, dozens(?) of cats. |
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| | Moore Farms Home |
| | Our goal is to educate the public about agriculture and farm life as well as market direct to our customers. | | | Our current farm has been in the Newburn family for over 88 years. | | | 2001 was our inaugural year opening the family's farm up to the public. |
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| | Education World ® - Curriculum: "Flat Students" Go Down on the Farm! |
| | If the farmers were willing to fill in the journals as if they were the visiting students, those journals would become almost-authentic accounts of students' field trips!" | | | One of the tasks Ross faced was scheduling all the "flat" student visits for when the farms were full of activity. | | | A letter from the student, information about Benicia, and a journal for the paper student's daily entries were included." |
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http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr100.shtml
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| | FARM SCENE: Summer whirlwind promises to become fall flurry at Illinois family farm |
| | Crop insurance and federal farm programs help mitigate that, but after last year's dramatic loss of soybean production during a hot, dry August many farmers couldn't provide as much as they had promised. | | | While it leaves them less vulnerable to a drastic drop in the markets late in the season, had the crops grown poorly they could have ended up paying to make up a difference between promised and actual yield. | | | EDITOR'S NOTE -- The family farm is a shrinking tradition in much of the United States. |
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/08/26/national0237EDT0431.DTL
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| | Cates Family Farm Home Page |
| | These are family owned businesses with a long tradition of quality meat processing. | | | Inquiries or comments can be directed to tjs@san2r.com | | | To do good work with our natural resources has been, and continues to be, one of our principal farming goals. |
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| | Autumn on a Farm |
| | Autumn is traditionally harvest time when the farmers would cut their crops to prepare them for storage or to sell. | | | Before winter they make sure everything is working like it should and they repair anything that needs it. | | | When I was a kid we lived on a dairy farm and this was always a busy time of year as we cut harvested our crops and prepared the farm for winter. |
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http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/farm1.html
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| | Bloomsbury Family Farm |
| | We are also a great choice for private parties, groups, weddings and companies looking to have a fun filled outing. | | | Our farm has so much to offer with everything from our Custom Party Barn to activities for Kids and Adults alike. | | | Are you looking for an educational way to show kids the workings of a farm, or just get fresh air for a day. |
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http://www.bloomsburyfarm.com
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| | Farm & Garden From seed to supper, food and family. |
| | While many of our plans and dreams have been realized, more plans and dreams are continuously being developed, with the goal of creating as sustainable a system as possible. | | | It goes without saying that the actual date for CSA closing differs state to state. | | | The University of Hawai'i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources is seeking to become as important a resource for organic farmers as it has been for the conventional agriculture community. |
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http://www.farm-garden.com
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| | Familyfarmer.org - Defenders of Wildlife |
| | A feisty alliance of conservation and family farm activists secured the largest Farm Bill Conservation Title ever. | | | The 2002 Farm Bill brought victories and defeats. | | | Hand in hand we can help promote a sustainable network of independent farmers working to protect our natural resources and diversity. |
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http://www.familyfarmer.org
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| | American RadioWorks presents: Who Bought the Farm? |
| | But the number of farms and farm jobs continues to decline—despite heavy government subsidies. | | | Congress is once again poised to hike its financial support of the battered farm economy. | | | But with the war on terrorism straining the federal purse, now may be an opportune time to break the industry's cycle of dependancy. |
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http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/farm/farm.html
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| | Family Farm, Jacksonville Florida |
| | Our desire is to serve every family regardless of the lack of finances. | | | Please let us know if there is a financial need. | | | Over the next year, our goal is to recruit thousands of new members for our Operation Empowered Parent Prayer Team as we try to save our children, families, and country. |
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| | Home Lundberg Family Farms Home |
| | Lundberg Family Farms will be a leader in the natural-organic and grocery-specialty markets for the rice products categories in which we participate. | | | Lundberg Family Farms is a leader in producing and marketing high quality organic and eco-farmed rice products in a sustainable and beneficial manner. | | | We respect the land and the wildlife that depends on it and our eco-positive farming methods continue to improve the environment for future generations. |
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| | Foster Family Farm Corn Maze |
| | We're proud of our farming history and now we invite you and your family to spend a day in the country. | | | The Foster Family has farmed this land since 1790. | | | We will be open on Labor Day and Columbus Day! |
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http://www.fosterfarm.com
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| | The Ladybug Letter |
| | Slow Food values local artisanal food producers over multi-tentacled trans-national corporations. | | | But I have kids, too, and they speak loudly about their perceived needs. | | | Now he lives next door to us with his sisters Claudia and Rebeca, and the three of them work hard and send money home to support their aging parents. |
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| | Welcome to Sugarbrook Farm: Quality Performance Ponies |
| | We offer for sale a very limited number of high caliber ponies. | | | In addition we provide special services for outside mares which allows the option of the mare coming to our farm to be bred, and to stay through her pregnancy and foaling. | | | Our beautiful 60 acre farm is home to a limited number of quality, select breeding stock, and produces only the finest quality ponies with hunter/jumper performance in mind. |
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| | Flack Family Farm |
| | The farm certifies the pastures and plants through Northeast Organic Farmers Association (NOFA-VT) and practices Biodynamic farming. | | | Doug Flack and farm family share their knowledge through internships, farm work opportunities, classes and farm tours. | | | LACTO-FERMENTED VEGETABLES, traditional foods are produced on farm and sold in Vermont natural food stores and in farm shop (no mail order). |
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| | Judy's Family Farm - Home |
| | We've been dedicated to producing the very best eggs possible for over 15 years. | | | We're a family and care about our customers as well as our hens | | | Our families have been producing eggs the old fashioned way for 3 generations |
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| | Bocketts Farm |
| | These tickets are for use by one individual only, for 5 separate visits. | | | Lambing, shearing, haymaking and the harvest punctuate our farming year and the births of lambs, goat kids, calves, piglets, foals, chicks, ducklings and goslings throughout the year ensure that there are always baby animals of one kind or another to see. | | | Bocketts Farm ©2004 Hosting and Development by Ascend Internet Design by Squiggle Design |
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| | Heartland Experience |
| | Heartland Experience is a simple network of family farms and rural businesses that are working together for promotional, educational and informational purposes only. | | | Grape Production Research-Hartington, NE "Heartland Experience®" is a network of family farmers | | | a dairy, various poultry and crops-Fordyce, NE Bow View Farm |
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| | BBC NEWS Wales Mid Wales Family farm is UK's 'big cheese' |
| | More than 100 judges tasted more than 200 entries from the cream of the cheese-making world. | | | He added that quality of his product was also highly dependent on the unpasteurised milk from a Lampeter farm which the family used. | | | Gorwydd Caerphilly is made by the Trethowans at their family farm just outside the village of Llanddewi Brefi, in Ceredigion. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/wales/mid/4358131.stm
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| | The Inn at East Hill Farm a Family Vacation Resort New Hampshire |
| | They'll also have a chance to milk a cow and to help feed the farm animals. | | | And when vigorous activity is not on your agenda, there are plenty of comfortable and inviting spaces for reading a good book or having a quiet conversation. | | | Activities are planned specifically for children, as well: crafts, campfires, and games among them. |
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| | Orr Family Farm |
| | In addition to being a cultural center for family fun, the farm offers a creative environment for corporate events and boasts a complete one-stop birthday party facility! | | | Our farm is an agri-tainment experience created to provide families, groups and school children a glimpse of their heritage, history...and good, old-fashioned values. | | | · Find out what folks are saying about the Farm! |
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http://www.orrfamilyfarm.com
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| | Jim and Sandy's Farm Homepage |
| | We'd love to know where in the world you come from as well as any comments you may have. | | | Want to know more about farming, dairy cows, what farm kids do on the farm or what to expect if you are moving to the country? | | | We still milk the cows but have cut back to 30. |
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| | Nicewicz Family Farm |
| | No, these aren't ducklings, although they look like it. | | | If you can't stop by our farm, we also sell at farmers'" markets in the Boston area and in Worcester. | | | (Also have a peek at what you'll find at the farm stand.) |
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