Tag: family farm
The importance of conducting family business meetings
Meeting as a family on a regular basis to discuss the present and future direction of your farm can be beneficial.
Loving all the hopeless things
As a child, Judith Sutherland named all the animals on her family farm. She couldn't give up on any without recognizing its wonder in the world.
Complicated barn cat politics
Barn cat politics are complicated. They are full of alliances, double-crossing and violent overthrows.
Memories of trash and treasure: Part 2
The old farm dump site in the woods of Judith Sutherland's youth provided her and her siblings with the boards they needed to build their own treehouse.
Vacation essentials: Mayonnaise jar, ‘light breakfast’ and, of course, butter
Alan Guebert recalls the eccentricities of the humble family vacations of his youth, still amazed that his parents managed a week’s vacation every August.
Dad knew the secret to happiness
Born in Judith Sutherland's father's love of farming was an ability to see the joy in the life he had chosen.
Woodruff family runs an ever-evolving ag operation
Despite their many ventures in refrigerated freight, milk processing, meat production and more, the Woodruff family remains rooted in the small family farm.
Farm boys will be farm boys
Judith Sutherland shares some of her grandson's make-believe games about life on the farm.
Dad made his place on earth better
On the day of Judith Sutherland's father's funeral, she and two family friends witnessed a spectacle that really was a testament to her father's values.
Twine and duct tape are farm staples
Judith Sutherland shares a column from 2007, about the many uses of twine and duct tape on a dairy farm.
