![]() ![]() He also eventually bought a farm market that had been in business for over 50 years. He then was able to purchase a farm in Sparta in 2014, which was put into farmland preservation to permanently preserve the property. By 2008, he opened a garden center in Sussex and started growing annuals and perennials. ![]() In 2003, he began growing greenhouse tomatoes, which he sold wholesale to restaurants and farmers markets. He then went on to graduate with a degree in Agronomy from the State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology, Cobleskill. In high school, he worked at Ideal Farms, where he learned to operate machinery, as well as how to grow vegetables, hay and other plants. ![]() Tor’s love for farming began at a young age when he helped on his best friend’s dairy farm, cleaning stalls and helping to milk cows. The fact that his family did not own a farm did not stand in the way of him realizing that dream. Tor Andersen knew from a young age that he wanted to be a farmer. ![]()
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