Generational small farms in Florida keep innovating for survival

Alex Venable pulls his daughter Genevieve on their wagon at Ducky’s Farm. (Martine Joseph/WUFT News)

On a family-owned farm in Rochelle, a tiny unincorporated area in Alachua County southeast of Gainesville on the way to Hawthorne, Keilyn Fuller is learning what it takes to sustain a century-old legacy.

His grandfather, John Nix, runs Nix Farms, a cattle operation that has been in their family since 1910. For the 22-year-old Fuller, the responsibility to carry it forward is something held near and dear to his heart…

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