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Dairy farming is dwindling in WNC. Extension agents say the number of dairy farms in the region has fallen 75% since 1987. However some dairy farmers are thriving in the mountains.
Jim Moore owns Spring Ridge Creamery in Macon County. In addition to operating the store that sells milk, cheese and very popular homemade ice cream, Moore also owns dairy and beef cattle, and farms 50 acres of land.
Moore says the costs of farming-high taxes from increased land value in WNC and expensive equipment put many farmers out of business. But with the help of the Land Trust of Little Tennessee, U.S.D.A. & Clean Water Management Trust Fund, Moore was able to put his farm into conservation, protecting it forever.
by Karen Wynne
Jim Moore owns Spring Ridge Creamery in Macon County. In addition to operating the store that sells milk, cheese and very popular homemade ice cream, Moore also owns dairy and beef cattle, and farms 50 acres of land.
Moore says the costs of farming-high taxes from increased land value in WNC and expensive equipment put many farmers out of business. But with the help of the Land Trust of Little Tennessee, U.S.D.A. & Clean Water Management Trust Fund, Moore was able to put his farm into conservation, protecting it forever.
by Karen Wynne
Friday, July 23 2010, 08:17 PM EDT
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