Lee County farmers are worried about their well water because one of the worst droughts the area has ever seen has dried up their pond.
“We worry about the well drying up,” said Jake Pruitt, who has run Whispering Oaks Farm with his wife Ashley since 2020. “We know that a lot of people have already had that happen.”
Watch what local farm owners told Fox 4 Community Corespondent Stephen Pimpo they are doing to conserve water:
Lee County farmers concerned for children and animals as historic drought dries up pond.mp4
The Pruitts operate and live on a six-acre farm where they raise more than 100 animals, including pigs, goats, sheep, ducks, geese, chickens, turkeys and turtles…