The story I wanted to tell with my feature is the story of agricultural farmers. Growing up each time we would drive past a particular shopping center in Draper, Utah my mom would go on a little bit of a rant about how awful it was that they tore her Uncle's farm down to make a shopping center. Then, for multiple years the shopping center sat empty - mom really got mad then.
I see the same situations happening right here in little valley. I have captured two of these instances so far, though there are many more that I plan to capture and hopefully one day be able to contact some of the farmers and make a complete story.
Each day as I drive home I see this sign (there are more signs on Little Valley Road). Notice the fences, shops and farming equipment.
Or, check it out from this angle (sorry it is blurry), but notice the multiple house as well as the houses under construction. Times are changing it seems.
This is a farm located just past where that sign stands firmly in the ground.
But is it standing so firm? A brick wall is all that separates that farm from a subdivision that grows on a daily basis.
These next photos are taken just down the road, about three minutes from the "Welcome to Little Valley" sign. The first time I posted this photo I was focussing on the sadness that must have been felt as a home got torn down and "in with the new, out with the old" was really put into action.
Then I started noticing the agricultural signs around Little Valley and realized there was a bigger picture.
The farm isn't completely gone in this area either, it's still hanging on, but for how long?
What our focus used to be.
What our focus is now.
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