Since we sold our dairy cows last year, we can relate to what these folks are trying to do. Our yuppie neighbors were a little frosted that teh picturesque cows are gone, but, life goes on. (We don't tell them it's too bad they switched from slide-rule to calculater ;-))I think these families are on the right track but instead of going cold turkey and putting the whole farm into veggies or greenhouse crops (63 acres of produce would almost be too much)they should try a something new a little bit at a time. Diversifying is good, especially things that dovetail together. We started raising beef cattle and selling them as "freezer beef" years ago, and now have more beef cattle and added chickens. We're still trying to find our niche. Wish us luck!
63 acre farm? Thats now considered a country estate by todays standards. To make a living cropping you have to think a little bigger than that- nothing less than 1200 acres. Combines don't even get warmed up on 63 acres.
Good luck!!