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In 1985, Jan and Rinske de Jong came to America from Holland, with a dream to establish their own dairy. With the $5,000 they had saved in Holland, Jan and Rinske started working as relief milkers on several farms in…
Veronica comes from a long line of farmers in Buena Vista, New Mexico. About 60 years ago, factors began pulling the family away from the farm and forcing them to sell off the larger pieces of their land. After moving…
Cynthia and Ira Houseweart have deep roots in Colorado cattle ranching. Cynthia’s great-grandfather, Edward Ulysses Butterfield, and his brother, Charles, were successful ranchers in the late 19th and early 20th century in Phillips County, and controlled many sections of the…
BN Acres has a remarkable farming history. The Boyst family can trace the heritage of their farm back for centuries. In 2013, they applied to join NC Department of Agriculture’s Century Farm, which recognizes farms having continuous ownership by a…
Ronald Simmons, founder and president of Master Blend Family Farms, manages 30 acres of land near Kenansville, North Carolina, where he raises Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) pigs with the help of his wife, Rita, his…
Walker Farm sits at the foot of Whortleberry Hill with land in the towns of New Braintree, West Brookfield and North Brookfield, Massachusetts. “The farm has an incredible history,” explains farmer Joan Walker. “It is on an original Land Grant…
Glynwood Center Farm is situated within Fahnestock State Park in the Hudson Highlands, a few miles east of Cold Spring, New York. The 225-acre farm was originally purchased back in 1929 by the Perkins family. As a result of the…
Melissa Driscoll raises Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) laying hens on pasture at Seven Songs Organic Farm in Kenyon, Minnesota. Melissa developed an interest in sustainable farming at an early age. She sold garden vegetables alongside her mother…
Longest Acres Farm is situated near Chelsea, the shire town of Orange County, VT. Owners Nick Zigelbaum and Kate Maclean are relatively new to farming: “We had wanted our own farm ever since we quit our office jobs and our…
Donald Everett, Larry Stoner, and their families raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by AGW dairy cattle at Apple Valley Creamery in East Berlin, Pennsylvania. Located in Adams County, an area well known for its apple orchards, the 83-acre farm was…
Lee Farms is located one mile from Lake Ontario in the town of Kent, New York. Robert VanWuyckhuyse and his wife, CindyLou Lee, bought the farm in 1983. They decided to use CindyLou’s family name for the farm since Robert’s…
With over three decades of ranching experience—from north to south Florida—the Sampson family knows livestock! Jeff and Janet Sampson, along with their son, Jared, and daughter, Jessica, raise a growing herd of Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World…
