date:Jun 23, 2014
g, said Alice Topaloff, a young French-American agricultural engineer working in Iowa.
The development of local farms is catching on, and in a more spectacular way than in France, she said.
Certainly that is because people are distancing themselves from farms with thousands of acres (hectares) and where food culture isn't as anchored to locally grown food.
But it is a tough row to hoe. The first year, in 2010, Myer sold $2,200 worth of vegetables. Her target this season is $20,000. Even if