Kuttner, Erlauf, Austria 2007
Our farm has 106 acres. For previous generations, this surface area was enough to generate a decent income and live reasonably well. For our generation, the size of our farm is far too small to feed a family.
... A decisive time for our farm was when we joined the EU. It be came clear that in our climatically disadavantaged region, we could not compete in the production of potatoes and vegetables with the main areas for these products. So we gave up our production of potatoes, salad, vegetables and herbs; we sold the plastic covered greenhouse for cucumber and peppers and concentrated only on trading with fruit and vegetables. ...