ABOUT

Gnismer Farms is an urban farm owned by Lynn and Cynthia Remsing. It is a 7-acre farm located in a small, increasingly affluent city of Arlington.

What started out as an after-school project by their two children has evolved into the Remsings' livelihood. Lynn has become a natural proselytizer for niche agriculture and takes particular pride in that his fruit has "no shelf life". It is sold the day it is picked, and he recommends eating it quickly to enjoy the freshness that commodity varieties often lack.

If conventional wisdom holds that north Texas can no longer compete, Lynn begs to differ. He's convinced that with the right approach, the right equipment and the right skill set, a person can make farming pay even on expensive Metroplex land.