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Despite having nearly a billion acres of farmland and a population of just 330 million people, the U.S. is not effectively feeding itself. The country has become overly reliant on exporting these low-value commodity crops while importing the high-value, healthy food crops that its population relies on.
The Challenges Facing Specialty Crop Farmers
Chip Kent, a sixth-generation fruit farmer in Milton, New York, represents the struggles faced by specialty crop growers in the U.S. Locust Grove, the family-operated farm, has had to diversify and expand to remain viable, adding a brewery and a u-pick orchard to supplement their main apple production.