Community

Starting Over A few years ago, the Giroux family’s community pulled together to help after the complete loss of their 1940s barn to fire. Todd Giroux runs the farm with the support of his parents, Joe and Carolyn, and his wife, Vicki. At a time like that, “There’s...

Bringing Home the Gold Brothers Bill and Neil Peck grew up on their family’s farm just 10 miles from the famous Saratoga horse racing track where Pecks have farmed since 1836. But it was another type of racing champion that has made a...

Deep Commitment, Deep Roots To understand the commitment some farmers feel to their heritage, it helps to know their history. “Our farm has been in our family since it was originally deeded by the King of England,” says Tim Young, with...

Not every Cabot dairy farmer actually owns a farm, or even a cow. In fact, some aren’t even farmers. One such example is CREAM, standing for Cooperative for Real Education in Agricultural Management, an original and innovative concept within the University...

Richard and Melissa Skoda own Triple Creek Farm in Craryville, New York, and it’s a family affair. Richard has lived on this land all his life, and the farm has been in the family for four generations. Richard and Melissa’s...

In the beautiful Finger Lakes of New York, the Leubner family continues their multi-generation dairy farming tradition at the same time as the next generation treads new paths. Tim Leubner runs the operation with his sister, Karen, and brother, Ed, along with...

**Santa Spoiler Alert!** This Cabot Family Supports Santa Beyond Milk and Cookies At Endless Variety Farm in Barton, John Broe Jr. milks around 65 cows. The herd includes Brown Swiss, Swedish Red, Holstein and Jersey—the wide variety that led to...

Their school mascot may be a husky, but the University of Connecticut animal science department has a fond spot for dairy cows, too. More than 90 of them, in fact, make up the university’s milking herd and make UConn one...

Dean Tom Vogelmann of the University of Vermont’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) has spent quite a bit of time traveling around the state. Frequently, alumni and other community members would ask if the university might ever reopen...

Darrell Turner was living the city life and doing very well in his career as a mechanical engineer when he and his wife, an architect, decided to step off the treadmill. After a trip around the country, they returned to...

In the bound book put together by David Tully entitled Tully Farms History 2000, there is a family tree of the five generations who have farmed in Dunstable, Massachusetts since 1872. Seventeen years ago, when the book was created, the box representing...

You’ve heard about the cows who produce chocolate milk, right? Well, how about the cows who produce some of the finest hand-crafted, farm-fresh chocolates?  This is no joke! About Thorncrest Farm The small herd at Thorncrest Farm in Goshen, Connecticut has...