This weekend my family and I went to the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair. The fair, held at the county's fairgrounds in Gaithersburg Maryland, is always fun. Funnel cake, carnival rides, and cute animals looking their best. It is also a nice reminder that not all of the DMV is urban or even suburban. There's still a lot of rural in these parts!
According to the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development's Agricultural Services division there are 561 farms and 350 horticultural enterprises. And, City-Data.com tells us that 86.14% of those farms are family owned.
By the way, for you stats nerds, the average farm in Montgomery County is 130 acres and the average farmer is 57 years old.
Eat local! and Viva the Fair!
Kickin' it old school!
Cuz the ladies like their tractors too!
They made it look easy
Pig nap--neither pig feet or nor crowds with cameras will get in the way of a good snooze!
Apparently pigs do fly
Cow 'tooties
Winning Flowers
One of these is not like the others
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