PLEASANT LANE FARMS OWNERS SAY LIGONIER COUNTRY MARKET IS PENALIZING THEM FOR BEING TOO SUCCESSFUL

The owners at Pleasant Lane Farms feel like the Ligonier Country Market is penalizing them for being too successful.  According to organizers at the nonprofit market, the Unity-based dairy farm and cheese-making operation is too big to participate in the seasonal weekly farmers market and craft vendor area, which attracts thousands of shoppers.  Jason Frye, head cheesemaker at Pleasant Lane Farms, argued that the market is in violation of several tenets in the conditional use permit that has been regularly approved by supervisors since the market began operation. Market organizers did not respond to a request for comment.