Sad news in Southern Indiana with death of Joe Huber, who turned his 260-acre farm in Starlight into a massive u-pick operation.
Huber, described by the News and Tribune as an “agri-business icon,” started the first u-pick farm in the Midwest in 1967.
When the u-pick biz lost its momentum in the 1980s, Huber and his wife Bonnie shifted gears and launched a restaurant and farm-fresh fruits and veggie business known as Joe Huber’s Family Farm and Restaurant.
The farm specialized in strawberries, green beans, apples and pumpkins.
The farm turned Starlight into a destination for children on school trips headed to Huber’s corn maze and covered wagon rides.
Huber was 74 and died of leukemia. God’s blessing and sympathies to the Hubers.
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