Big Tech’s Assault on Maryland

It is a golden afternoon in autumn. The sun, high in the western sky, warms the soil and casts the fading harvest in hues of yellow and crimson. The field in front of Gaver Farm is full of sedans and mid-size SUVs with bumper stickers that brag of cheerleaders and Boy Scouts. Families have come by their hundreds to Mount Airy, Maryland to navigate the corn maze, feed farm animals and cut pumpkins from the vines. It is a ritual that marks the waning of the harvest and the coming of the holiday season.