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<br />Name: Bruce Bacon 1997/1998 ~V~ or"" P "'8~tl. M"-t"-
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<br />c~ 1977, I've supplemented my farming income through a job as fl part-time
<br />municipal tre 'spector and environmental specialist for the City of . It has
<br />been a challenge e omically to maintain my farm on .the nfringe. As I get
<br />older, I want to ensure t I' can contipue,my" fam' '. conpE!ction to the farm, and the
<br />.farming legacyof t~ls land. .It' t~~tb . eloping a sustainable agriculture
<br />incubator' anc:{'I~~rryijlg;site,J'W,mb..<,!~,.. ,to;!~l,:~evelop, a:farming system that will.
<br />_" increase' my farming income ...P,: p<?t~ri~i~ny,.;,. p'q~)!!~" Jr" ~Y' letirer.!~mt;. 2) pass" ,on
<br />the speci~nzed know ge. for gro",!pg' prganlc i hi9. d ,specialty crops that I've. .
<br />develop'ov.~r ", '.; yecars;:'~mct 3)Jgqn,~~~e.\thl!i~:r.u~L resgufor 'community benefits.
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<br />History ""'h,",";,;.'f}""
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<br />This farm was bought bY.f.l1ly;~great grandparents, Mary Keillor and Benjamen
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<br />'Crand8.!J before :World War I)J T5~y,~fai.sed 4 boys and 4 girls, my. grandmother
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<br />inclu'ded: "'Jhe orlginal farm waSrt&i:h6inestead, farm which produced a variety of food
<br />to support tile family:. t 1I;jl1;~:~'~ d. .,n I th 1 Os nct oed 0 e,
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<br />The farm consists of 95 a.cresof tillable land! . prairie, wetla,nds and woods.
<br />Since I moved here, I've worked to develop a specialty,. crop Pt;o9~9tion .nlch~~., In the
<br />... 1970s1 began supplylngcliefs:With O~a(1lp tomatoes" Aft~t9i>!(1g ,,9" ~f';-rmtour to
<br />. FrariCe'andHoUand in, 1984,,1 'added' 'cUlinary. herbs 'to.the producer)-supplied, ,and,,~
<br />added~inescIOri'. andfleld:~salaqs:i~Q~ji~!Q!~;9J~:..9~rrfOJrr!1~~Jh~~,~S;Y~t~~~tti~t I;;JS~ on
<br />t ,,' the farm are fairly unique for this area as I've adapted them for local use from other
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<br />',~."'d.,;: From a very practical sense Ineed .to find a way to incre~se myfar~ income ia-
<br />~W: ..ms~ 1 n tA8ium~ Currently my farm income comes, from selling the produce
<br />that I grow. But the potential of the land to produce high-value specialty crops far
<br />exceeds 'what I am able to ',manag.e alone. Developing my farm into a sustainable
<br />'i.agri,cLHture incubator. and leamirig',:site would develop new revenues from the farm.
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