If we want to protect what’s left of our open space, we need to preserve our remaining farms. One way is to help farmers make a living. That is why the legislature should pass the “pickle bill.”

This proposed law would let farmers sell pickled fruits and vegetables — pickles, salsa, relish — at farm stands and farmers markets, as they can now do with homemade jellies and jams.

via ‘Pickle Bill’ Would Help Farmers At Markets – Courant.com.