Skip Connett is a local farmer in east Austin. With the help of his wife, children, and two full-time hired help, Connett grows vegetables and raises and sells animals such as pigs, goats, and chickens. Volunteers from Community Supported Agriculture also lend a hand in return for organic groceries. The farm is unable to afford to pay full time volunteers, and “we usually have more vegetables than money,” says Connett. The recent economic recession has moderately disrupted farm sales due to people spending less money on food. However, Green Gate Farms has had a large demand from local Austinites whom Skip says are very conscious about the food they eat and are turned off from industrialized farming.
