Farmers Want More Control

Still to come are my personal interview notes with local farmers in Ohio area, but meanwhile, feast on this . . . Farmers want more say on local and regional strategy when it comes to deer management. Recently in Pennsylvania a farmer brought petition to the local district meeting requesting council members speak up for local farmers. This farmer was quoted in an article published in the Peninsula News Review stating that it has now come to point of financial hardship for many farmers in their area. It was presented that there are rural deer problems and there are urban deer problems and that the two need to be looked at differently. Small scale farming and urban gardening are definitely the right venues for New Deterrent

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