In 1988 the VanDerPol family decided that they didn’t want to continue to farm in the way they had been. In retrospect, Jim VanDerPol feels that they made the right decision. “If we hadn’t changed our way of farming we likely would not be here now.” The VanDerPol’s raise 320 acres of diversified crops and […]
Scherping Family Dairy Farm
Blending Work and Life Rick and June Scherping are dairy farmers in Stearns County who see their way of life and business as inseparable. They have merged quality of life for their family, profitability of their farm and stewardship of the land into a complete whole. “We farm this way because of the quality of […]
North American Fish Farmers Cooperative
Growing tilapia, a warm water tropical fish, in cold weather North Dakota might seem as out of place as…well…a fish out of water. Yet a few enterprising farmers have done just that, with notable success. The result is an emerging aquaculture industry in the state. One of the first North Dakota farmers to diversify into […]
Bow View Farm
Family Farm Rooted in Diversity Crofton, Nebraska Nestled in the rolling countryside of northeast Nebraska, farmer Curt Arens along with his wife, Donna, continues earning his livelihood from the family land first purchased by his great grandfather in 1914, sprinkling sunflower seeds, Christmas trees and other diversification into the growing mix. Even though his young […]
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