{"id":5297,"date":"2014-03-20T10:58:29","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T14:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ncis.staging.wpengine.com\/?p=5297"},"modified":"2014-03-20T10:58:29","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T14:58:29","slug":"crop-insurance-in-action-tom-march-bethlehem-connecticut-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iripreviewsite.com\/cropinsuranceinamerica\/crop-insurance-in-action-tom-march-bethlehem-connecticut-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CROP INSURANCE IN ACTION:  Tom March, Bethlehem, Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1915, Thomas and Rose Marchukaitis, two Lithuanian immigrants who had been in the country for only a few years, purchased a farm in Bethlehem, Connecticut, which consisted of 114 acres and supported 15 cows and two horses. There, they raised their nine children and worked hard for their American dream.<\/p>\n<p>Three generations later, their grandson, Tom March, is still farming that parcel of land, which has grown to 150 acres, along with his brother-in-law and their two sons. \u201cWe\u2019re a diversified farm, because you have to be,\u201d said March, whose farm consists of about 75 acres of sweet corn, 30 acres of apples, 4 acres of peaches, along with some strawberries and blueberries.<\/p>\n<p>March took over the farm from his father in 1976 and has been at it ever since. 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