Merk Farms pumpkins on Friday, October 6, 2023, in Commerce, Georgia. Merk Farms celebrates moving to agritourism for the first time in over 120 years of having the family farm with friends, family and local government. (Photo/Melanie Velasquez; melanie.velasquez0108@gmail.com)Ali Merk cries at Merk Farms on Friday, October 6, 2023, in Commerce, Georgia. Merk Farms celebrates moving to agritourism for the first time in over 120 years of having the family farm with friends, family and local government. (Photo/Melanie Velasquez; melanie.velasquez0108@gmail.com)
Ali Merk and her son, Gabe, hold the ribbon cutting scissors at Merk Farms on Friday, October 6, 2023, in Commerce, Georgia. Merk Farms celebrates moving to agritourism for the first time in over 120 years of having the family farm with friends, family and local government. (Photo/Melanie Velasquez; melanie.velasquez0108@gmail.com)
Ali Merk and her son, Gabe, cut the ribbon at Merk Farms on Friday, October 6, 2023, in Commerce, Georgia. Merk Farms celebrates moving to agritourism for the first time in over 120 years of having the family farm with friends, family and local government. (Photo/Melanie Velasquez; melanie.velasquez0108@gmail.com)The Merk family poses for a picture at Merk Farms on Friday, October 6, 2023, in Commerce, Georgia. Merk Farms celebrates moving to agritourism for the first time in over 120 years of having the family farm with friends, family and local government. (Photo/Melanie Velasquez; melanie.velasquez0108@gmail.com) Carolynn Merk and her niece, Charlotte Standridge, talk at Merk Farms on Friday, October 6, 2023, in Commerce, Georgia. Merk Farms celebrates moving to agritourism for the first time in over 120 years of having the family farm with friends, family and local government. (Photo/Melanie Velasquez; melanie.velasquez0108@gmail.com) Estley Cox gets her face painted at Merk Farms on Friday, October 6, 2023, in Commerce, Georgia. Merk Farms celebrates moving to agritourism for the first time in over 120 years of having the family farm with friends, family and local government. (Photo/Melanie Velasquez; melanie.velasquez0108@gmail.com)
Kerrie Cox (left) laughs after she scares her friend in the Sun Hemp and Green Sorghum field at Merk Farms on Friday, October 6, 2023, in Commerce, Georgia. Merk Farms celebrates moving to agritourism for the first time in over 120 years of having the family farm with friends, family and local government. (Photo/Melanie Velasquez; melanie.velasquez0108@gmail.com)
Sun Hemp and Green Sorghum field at Merk Farms on Friday, October 6, 2023, in Commerce, Georgia. Merk Farms celebrates moving to agritourism for the first time in over 120 years of having the family farm with friends, family and local government. (Photo/Melanie Velasquez; melanie.velasquez0108@gmail.com)Jackson County Ambassador, Diana Wright, laughs with Jackson County Memberships and Events Manager, Paige Main, at Merk Farms on Friday, October 6, 2023, in Commerce, Georgia. Merk Farms celebrates moving to agritourism for the first time in over 120 years of having the family farm with friends, family and local government. (Photo/Melanie Velasquez; melanie.velasquez0108@gmail.com)
