For a while now, I have been purchasing from smaller businesses. Today was my first time supporting a local farm. I placed an online order last week to pick up on this sunny day. THE FARM The land was right off a lake and sat upon acres of rolling green hills. My car rolled over the gravel driveway, up to a trailer with its back doors open wide as if in greeting, and a sign tacked to one of them. I stepped out of the car, my boots crunching and scratching as I walked closer to read the sign scrawled in green crayon. "Welcome. Online orders are in the cooler inside the trailer." I placed my hands on my hips and surveyed the area. After…
