Will Tuttle, 63, will sell his family farm, the Tuttle farm in Dover, N.H., which has been in the family since 1632,
the
Boston Globe
reported.
The farm is the U.S.’s oldest continually operating family farm and is No. 2 on
Family Business
Magazine’s list of America’s oldest family companies.
The farm was making a small profit until the recession, the
Globe
article said.
The 134-acre property, which is listed for $3.35 million, has been slowly surrounded by suburban homes and is bordered by a major street. It is protected by a conservation restriction that prohibits it from being developed after it is sold, and the Tuttles hold out hope that the new owners will maintain it as a working farm. But they are quick to acknowledge that, even with a new niche market for local produce, working a small farm these days can be a tough row to hoe.
The Tuttles plan to move to a home they own next door to the farm, the article said. Will Tuttle, who at age six began helping his grandfather on the farm, told the
Globe:
“fifty-seven years is enough. And I didn’t want this to become a burden.” (Source:
Boston Globe,
July 27, 2010.)
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