There is a huge local farming obsession exploding in my area. It has always been a very big focus of the area but lately with the craze it's just been booming. I also live in a rural area with a lot of farmland, that is never the less RAPIDLY growing. There is a large University nearby and the nearby "city" and all the towns stretching outward are developing more and more every year to fit in all the people moving here.

What I've also noticed lately is a surplus of local farms. A lot of young people from out of state that have either moved here to buy farm land or went to school here and decided to stay, and bought farmland. It's a big trend going on. What that leads to is a gross excess of supply in a place that although it is growing rapidly, it's not growing rapidly enough to meet the supply with demand.

I see so many people confused in the stores now. Every week there are new products from different local farms or vendors. I don't know if that is similar to what is going on in other areas, but it seems to be at least part of the problem here.