Saving the Family Farm
Just about everybody has seen the movie “City Slickers”. It’s a favorite at our house. The main theme revolves around three grown men trying to find themselves and retain their youth, and ending up on a dude ranch. The underlying story is about how a couple manages to keep their ranch and make a living by diversifying into the tourist trade. Over fifty thousand farms and ranches across the nation supplemented their income through farm based recreation activities in 2008. Dude ranches were among the most popular drawing visitors from as far away as