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It's not exactly how Edgar Terry saw himself pushing prod the operations, along with the a other direct marketnig s he started farmi now accoun! ter of the company’s busines #20. : But with his stra’ County regulators say they n strong, he legions of local have attempted to keeppace with the evolving industry, including making changes in zoning laws in the mid-1990s that allowedfor the emerging mixof agriculture and entertainment, sometimes dubbed agri-tourism. Thereare still seasona] oper ations, especially this time of season year, when strawbe shifts into high gear andproduce ay But agricultural offici there are still challenges acing the industry Rex Laird, ex ecutive director of the county farm bureau, said concerns remain about stands that primarily sell producefrom side the county, working against efforts to support local agriculture. Laird said he also worries the push d stands sprout like green beans. But rf Stands are many of the year-round opera tions, where farmers offer their n could e aimed 4 county’s billion. doll own crops and those of other industry continues growers. own against urt Spexcen Weise Lae Angeles Tem nug the roadside to hawk harvests long with his wife, Mar Terry opened a roadside fruit nd on Valentine's Day, six days a 5 st Ventura a never thought I'd be grow ing strawberries, let alone open: ing.a fruit stand,” the fourth Qetieration grower said. “We just thought it wouldbe a fun thing to do. And it helps promote what we're doing out here on the farni.” More than 50 produce stands Got the area’s agricultural land. scape, holding up traditions that run deep in Ventura County and putting the freshest and most natural face on an industry in: treasingiy squeezed by sul ban sprawl. Thefirst produce s Edgar Terry unloads strawberries in front of his stand in Ventura, Calif. More than 50 produce stands dot the area's agricultural landscape. Los Angeles date + of back morethan Fourth of July half a century, simple stalls de signedto operate seasonally help farmers sell excess produ Many were the e old-fashioned lemc where farmer's kid cx m e pocket change by peddling oranges or melons in the sum merorafter school. But they have evolved into big business for some growers, providing a direct-marketing lifelinein theface of andretail consolidat '¥ good impact on guys trying to hk onea small farm operating.” Underwood has a front, row viewof the evolution. 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