Baby goats and sunflower selfies are a boon for local farmers. Just look at the lines at the Pa. Farm Show.Amy Ketterer, of Greenlane, Pa., pets a baby goat during her visit with her daughter to the Steinmetz Family Farm booth at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024.The selfie station by the giant pyramid of potatoes sat empty Wednesday at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, but around the corner, the bleat of baby goats had already drawn hundreds of paying customers.
Alpacas sport the same shaggy haircut millions of suburban teens have and, even better, they don’t bite. One downside: They spit. Sunflower fields have become social media darlings in recent years, backdrops for millions of Instagram stories and TikTok views. Along with being used for mazes, festivals, and photo opportunities,in Ottsville, Bucks County, adheres to. Her farm, founded in the 1860s, sat fallow for decades. She and her husband figured sunflowers would make a good first impression and they’re relatively easy to grow.After fine-tuning the process, Brodsky said her farm became a model for CSA.