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Cultivating Family With 11 grown kids and 19 grandkids (so far) between the three Hanehan brothers and their wives, “We always say the best crop we’ve ever grown is our children,” says Cliff Hanehan, the youngest of the trio who...

Old History, New Technology Welcoming visitors was part of the deal for the Duffy family when they took on the challenge of re-starting a dairy in the 1,000-acre Great Brook Farm state park 22 miles outside of Boston. Agriculture has...

Goose Island Farm rests on 500 emerald acres in Washington County, New York, near the small town of Argyle, between Glens Falls and the Vermont Border. Chris and Clifford Jr. McKernon, two fourth-generation farmer brothers who produce some of the...

A True Calling In 2009, an unspoken connection called Danielle Goodrich and her brother Chase back home to their family farm. Chase had just received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Salve Regina University, and Danielle her associate degree in...

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...

Long History Westlands Farm goes back to 1867 and David is a fifth-generation farmer who grew up on the farm he and his wife, Peggy, now run with the help of their son, Luther. The farm was originally two different, neighboring...

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...

Salem is an upstate New York community of fewer than 3,000 inhabitants. Located in Washington County, east of Saratoga Springs and southeast of Lake George, it’s a town steeped in Revolutionary and Civil War history and rural charm. Nowadays, Salem...