ALT Mike Cullipher, who owns and operates Cullipher Farms in Virginia Beach with his family, said Farm Aid organizers visited his farm to speak with him and his family about the organization and what it does. The farm sells produce and allows visitors to pick fruits. Cullipher said the increased traffic the festival could bring to the amphitheatre may benefit local farms like his. "There are always tough times in farming but this year especially with fertilizer being extremely high, fuel being extremely high and just the overall stress on the economy," Cullipher said. "It's hard to tell what it will be and what opportunities we may have as local growers to participate or not participate and that type of thing but anything you have an opportunity to get in front of more people it certainly helps," Cullipher said.