Food cannons and goat yoga: Farmers get creative for profits – Marketplace APM

Posted: September 20, 2019 at 11:45 am


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Since the trade war has dragged down the price of certain crops, some farmers are hoping to cash in on the fun this season. Its called agritainment, when farms open attractions like corn mazes, hayrides and pumpkin patches.

But these days, newer thrills are being offered, like shooting produce out of cannons and goat yoga. In some cases, selling corn as cannon ammunition is making more moneyper earright now than selling it as food.

Adam Thompson wrote about agritainment and the food cannons for the Wall Street Journal. He spoke to Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal about the business and how much money farmers can really make by letting people shoot corn out of a cannon.

Youre not going to save the farm with a food cannon, but its getting people to come to the farm to have fun. Then they might buy more than would have otherwise.

Click the audio player above to hear the full story.

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