Sandra Keros
When my family moved from suburban Detroit to rural New Hampshire before my sophomore year in high school, I used to think that farm life wasn't as "cool" as fast-paced city life. Old farms on the way to town were worn down and dilapidated, almost abandoned looking. Nothing going on there, it seemed.
Boy have things changed in the big city and on the farm. Today, farmers are the stars of popular movies like
Fresh and
Food Inc. Urban community gardens are popping up in
abandoned lots. Buying
vegetable starts at the farmers' market to grow either with neighbors or on one's windowsill has become a chic trend.
The other weekend in NH, I was driving around familiar roads that I hadn't been on in years. I noticed that the old farms I overlooked in high school now had parking lots filled with families bustling around baskets of apples, ice cream and shelves filled with locally-grown handmade epicurean delights. My favorites stops were at
Gould Hill Farm,
Beech Hill Barn, and
Diamond Hill Farm, but there are so many more that I wished I could have seen.
You can check out places to pick you own produce and unwind in bucolic bliss anywhere in the U.S. at
www.pickyourown.org. It's a really nice trip down memory lane, even if you didn't pick your own apples as a kid.
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