Our Family Motto:

              Leave the land better than you found it.  

Educate youth and adults about farming and the environment.  

Build a strong community. 

We have been farming in this community for generations. 

Great Grandpa Arno was an agriculture teacher and a county agent that helped farmers with crops and livestock. He was also an integral part of ensuring our farm ran smoothly.

Grandpa Ed bought our current farm in the 1970s and has been deeply involved in raising/showing sheep at county fairs and sheep shows. Almost everyone in a 5 county radius knew us and our award winning sheep. 

Grandma Pam has been more involved with 4H groups and our cattle endeavours. She would bring her three children out to the barn in a high chair to keep her company while she milked the cows. 

The third generation includes David and Nicole who share sheep and cattle duties. David takes after his grandfather and became an agriculture teacher, in addition to a few other things. Nicole has won many awards for showing sheep and is often asked to judge sheep competitions at county fairs and other events.

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In all of our farming, we use practices designed to benefit the land rather than harm it.

Grandpa Ed was the first in the neighborhood by 10 years to use ground tubes to heat the lambing greenhouses with the heat of the earth. We have been planting cover crops and practicing rotational grazing since long before regenerative farming became a buzzword. 

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David has had a long military career which included a voluntary deployment in Afghanistan teaching farming. He saw the value in teaching people what farmers 100 years ago knew, and when he returned home, he wanted to continue to do so. His military service inspired us to focus on the power of the farm as a teaching tool and a future therapeutic setting for veterans. 

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The majority of all proceeds from our food sales run an on-farm learning center where anyone will be able to learn where their food comes from and how much work it actually takes to raise it. 

Every year we host a Disability Hunt on the farm allowing individuals with limitations to still enjoy hunting and harvesting their own food. 

When we look around, we are dismayed by the rise in mental health crises and violence. We remember 50 years ago when the community would come together and help each other out. In the last 20 years, that connection has disappeared. At the same time, it has become harder and harder for the farmers around us to keep their land and make a living. 

Soon we will offer local foods from multiple farmers in our community who have incredible talents to share. In doing so, we are helping them continue to farm and reuniting our community. 

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Let "From the Farms" be your farm family and enjoy local food that gives back.