Hog farmer says he worked himself to debt
CANADA - He doesn't exactly match my image of a hog farmer.With his longish blond hair, safari shirt and tinted glasses, the man across the table reminds me more of actor Nick Nolte on a good day than a failed hog farmer.
14 April 2006
2 minute read
But that’s exactly what Ted Longley is, a failed hog farmer. And a rather special one at that. This articulate, low-key man was once the top hog producer in Nova Scotia.
We’re having coffee in Wolfville, where he now rents a home after 22 bittersweet years in farming.
It was my idea to meet. Ted had read a recent comment of mine about a destitute Annapolis Valley farmer and had sent me a long list of farmers just in his area alone who’d gone broke. His name was included.
"Tell me what went wrong," I’d invited him, and here we are...
Source: The Chronicle Herald
We’re having coffee in Wolfville, where he now rents a home after 22 bittersweet years in farming.
It was my idea to meet. Ted had read a recent comment of mine about a destitute Annapolis Valley farmer and had sent me a long list of farmers just in his area alone who’d gone broke. His name was included.
"Tell me what went wrong," I’d invited him, and here we are...
Source: The Chronicle Herald
