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twofold: high prices and the ability to raise a variety of crops, lowering the chances of failure and allowing for revitalization of the soil. Tomatos, watermelon, sweet com and garden vegetables are all popular with city residents, and the location of Rappahannock within an hour of the city makes it the ideal place to raise crops to fill the demand.
“Take it to Fairfax and Arlington. That’s where the people are that time of year (summer),” he said. Urbanites are conditioned to come out here in October for foliage and for the apple harvest, but during the summer a number of local farmers are finding it quite successful to go, as Mr. Williams says, “where the people are.”
The Rappahannock Farmers’ Association has begun planning to revitalize the county farmers’ market, but Mr. Williams suggested that even with a thriving local market, producers should not forget about the city. “The guys that deal with these farmers’ markets have excellent results. They’re getting 60, 70, 80 cents a pound for their produce. You just can’t get that anywhere else.”
Cut and dried flowers are also being harvested here, along with Christmas trees, azeleas, and timber.
But if Mr. Williams has a pet product, it might be silver queen com. “There’s an insatiable demand,” he said, and if residents don’t see much of it lining county
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