I come from a long line of Georgia
farmers who faced both ups and downs
throughout the generations, but that’s
par for the course with farming. It takes a
special breed of person to farm thanks to
the many challenges that Mother Nature,
the markets and public opinion throw our
way. It’s how we navigate those bumps in
the road that show what farmers are made
of. It’s how we adapt to change.
As the old cliché goes, we took lemons
and made lemonade.
I am the fifth generation of my family to
farm our land. We started out as a dairy,
which lasted for four generations. But,
right around the time that I returned home
from college to take over the family farm,
urban sprawl began taking over our neck
of the woods. Our farm, which had been in
our family since 1938, was on the verge of
being taken for development.
I wholeheartedly believe that farmers
need to put a face on farming and show
people what we do, how we do what we
do, and also why we do certain things. I
consider myself lucky that I can make that
connection in person with the people who
visit our farm. I also realize that in-person
farm visits are not