Owner Hank Bissell doesn’t buy federal crop insurance for his Lewis Creek Farm because it isn’t cost-effective.
Photo by Theo Wells-Spackman
By Theo Wells-Spackman, VT Digger
Hank Bissell, owner of Lewis Creek Farm in Starksboro, said he tried only once to secure federal insurance. After a mountain of paperwork, he concluded that financially, “it wasn’t going to do me any good.”
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