As I reflect back on what we farm kids did for fun in the 1940s, I realize it’s a wonder some of us lived to tell about it.

This 1940s photo of an outdoor farm stand, in West Brighton, on Forest Ave opposite McDonald playground, stopped me in my tracks. (Courtesy/NYC Digital Archives) ...

BOCA RATON — When the Johns family began farming west of Boca Raton in the early 1940s, they knew it was going to be difficult work. “There were almost no roads,” said Dan Johns, whose ...