A One Hundred Year Old Homestead
Anecdotal evidence suggests that there is a very significant change in the farming landscape that doesn’t get mentioned very often. Around the turn of the last century a farmer was most likely born in a farming family and, except for schooling, probably spent most of his life on the farm. In this century, many farmers are drawn to the occupation after pursuing other careers or interests. They often come to farming with a greater understanding of the economic and political issues facing farmers than did their predecessors. Anne is very much a farmer of this century. She went through university and received her degree in fine arts and went on to teach art in elementary school. She learned to weld in arts school and has always been a bit of an inventor. […]
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