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the farm,” explained Gustavo Diaz, recently promoted to General Manager at Sunnyside.
“Right now we’ve canceled all our leases that had to do with cattle production.”
Pat Saltonstall, who leases graze-lands to Sunnyside, said the company has not been up front about their plans with their leaseholders. “I have a contract [to lease Sunny side the land] with Sunnyside until 2008,” said Saltonstall, “but there are no cattle out there now.” Along with Saltonstall, two other Rappahannock property owners have also been affected by the dropped leases, but their land was used by Sunnyside only for hay production. According to Saltonstall, Sunnyside’s only communication with her about plans to drop her lease was an “ambiguous letter” that did not mention any plans to compensate Saltonstall for the two years remaining on their lease.
“They haven’t given me any time,” she complained. According to Saltonstall, time could be a serious factor in her ability to rent the land to other cattle operations if Sunnyside does drop their lease.
“There are a 1,000 little things you have to do to the land to prepare it,” explained Saltonstall.
The future
Sunnyside’s shift away from Kobe could also hurt Rappahannock’s draw for tourists. Sunnyside’s Kobe burgers were consistently lauded in Washington area food columns and even sold by large retail chains outside the county. Sunnyside’s gourmet burger even
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