family background/ Chris is a fourth-generation farmer who works with many of his relatives along Lake Ontario. He’s learned from his grandfather James and father, Darrel, that being active in industry groups and extension agriculture programs has helped them to adopt new growing techniques and to diversify the farm’s crops.age/ 30grower/ Lyndonville, New Yorkcrops/ Apples, cherries, wine grapes and peachesbusiness/ Lynoaken Farms Inc. How did you get your start?Out of college, I worked in landscaping for four years and discovered I had a knack for growing things. I figured out I knew a lot about plants that not everybody understood. […]