Like every family farmer, William Henley faces a daily battle against low commodity prices, high overhead, tight regulation, restricted markets and heavy taxes. The squeeze is on. All across Tennessee, family farmers have called it quits, selling out, sadly liquidating a way of life. It hurts to see anybody who is doing what they love have to stop doing it especially farming, knowing how close akin they are to what they are dealing with. Each time a family farm disappears, Henley and thousands like him close ranks and press forward.
Prices are low.
They' ve been low. The way you're able to raise your kids. The time you get to spend with them. Being close to the land. It means something to me to be tending the same field my ancestors tended 120 years ago, knowing it provided them a living and hoping it can provide us with the same living.