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An assignment this morning was canceled, so on my way back to the office I drove around some back roads.

Gary Brandt, of Williams Township, works to load freshly picked vegetables into his truck Tuesday afternoon in preparation for Wednesday's farmer's market in Midland. When Brandt was eight, his parents Walter and June Brandt, purchased the farm. After his they retired 15 years ago, Brandt and his wife took over, farming mainly vegetables and cash crops. "I've been farming most of my life," he said. "You have to do something so I guess that's why I do this."