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A You-Pick ("U-Pick") or Pick-Your-Own (PYO) farm operation is a type of farm gate direct marketing (farm-to-table) strategy where the emphasis is on customers doing the harvesting themselves and agritourism. [1] A PYO farm might be preferred by people who like to select fresh, high quality, vine-ripened produce themselves at lower prices.
The state of Alaska contains some 500 farms, covering about 830,000 acres in 2015, [1] mainly to the northeast of the state's largest city, Anchorage, in the Matanuska Valley. The farms produce greenhouse and nursery crops, as well as hay (20,000 tons), dairy produce , potatoes (140,000 cwt), and livestock including cattle (11,000 inc. calves ...
Creating a biodiversified PYO (pick-your-own or U-Pick) farm between 10 and 200 acres (0.81 km 2); Producing at least 10 different products (agricultural and/or artisanal) on a year-round basis that are supported through a Clientele Membership Club (CMC), and operating in a county-wide area with a population of at least 50,000 residents;
The U-pick blueberry fields will officially open Saturday, June 29. Admission costs $5 per person, cash only; kids 1 and under are free. Eight different varieties of blueberries will be available ...
The dairy industry in the United States includes the farms, cooperatives, and companies that produce milk, cheese and related products such as milking machines, and distribute them to the consumer. By 1925, the United States had 1.5-2 million dairy cows, each producing an average of 4200 lb of milk per year.
There was a 7% drop in farms from 2017 to 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about 142,000 fewer farms in just five years.
[2] [4] In the Matanuska Valley, the Alaska Railroad ran a creamery from 1927 to 1932. [5] In the early 1940's, the establishment of air service into southeast Alaska allowed the direct importation of fresh milk. This made Alaska dairying lose a great deal of its profitability. [6] In 1959, there were 525 dairy farms in the state. [7]
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