Local Farmer Launches Online Fundraiser
Frillman Farms is collecting online donations to go toward the purchase of new equipment.
Prairie View farmer Tim Frillman is appealing to the community for donations to help fund an improvement to his business venture. Frillman, the owner of Frillman Farms on Aptakisic Road, hopes to raise $2,500 by Feb. 11. The money would be used to purchase a heating system for his hoop house, a structure that shelters his homegrown vegetable plants. Pledges are being accepted on Kickstarter.com. In his video, Frillman explains how donations would benefit his business venture. The temperature inside the hoop house was 32 degrees when the video was made, he said. A heating system would allow him to bring the temperature to 70 degrees, protecting his peppers and tomatoes from frost and giving him a jump start on the 2013 season, he said. "…
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