Home Buyers Are Drawn to Nearby Organic Farms - NYTimes.com

Perhaps something to consider in Franklin, where farmland is still fairly abundant:

From NYTimes.com:

The bewildered Iowan who converted his farm into a ballpark in “Field of Dreams” in 1989 might reverse the move today. From Vermont to central California, developers are creating subdivisions around organic farms to attract buyers. If you plant it, these developers believe, they will buy.

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Comments

[Janet Evans]

Organic farms! I love it. I've got family up near Burlington, VT along with Boulder, Co. Organic vegetables are just a part of life. The mid-week and weekend bounty you can find at he outdoor market in Boulder is the best I've ever seen.

Wisconsin? Unless you can figure out a way to grow organic cheese curds, I think it would be a hard sell.

I would be thrilled to live in a subdivision built around an organic farm. Gardens and orchards, flowers and birds/wildlife - It would be like living in the "country" again.