Family Farms Becoming Rare in Ticonderoga County

For more than 40 years now, family farms have been gradually decreasing in Ticonderoga County. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a farm is defined as land on which $1000 of farm produce was made or had the potential to be made throughout the year. The professor of Sociology at Ticonderoga College stated, “ our image is that the family farm is the backbone of America…Unfortunately, they are becoming as rare as the dinosaur.” (read more)