The farm also runs a Farmers' Market, where you can stock up on local organic produce.
The farm, left in the hands of a small resident staff, quickly ran into financial troubles.
The idea was that, with 80 per cent of the population working on any given day, the factories and farms could run continuously.
The farm runs activity days for people of all ages.
The farm is open to the public and runs various events throughout the year.
Like most of the cotton farms around here, his farm ran conspicuously in the red.
"We want to operate so people can see how a farm as run at the turn of the century, before tractors were used."
The farms ran back from them into solitudes of woods and pasture lands.
The farm predominantly ran sheep but also had a small number of cattle and horses.
In the end, it all worked as planned, and the solar farm now nearly runs itself.