US (GA): Hog farmer fills farm with sunflowers
It was a good decision.
The man who grew up farming now owns and operates Anderson’s Sunflower Farm at 3360 Shiloh Road in Cumming. The farm is a popular summer destination for Georgians taking family portraits or interested in purchasing bright, yellow blooms.
Anderson explained the decision to plant sunflowers was made in 1994 when his father phased out the hog operation.
“We weren’t going to grow corn and wheat and such anymore for the animals,” Anderson said. “So that year, my dad said rather than letting the fields grow up into weeds, he was going to plant sunflowers.
“I said, ‘Why? You’ve got to be kidding.’”
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