Like many local farmers of my generation, I first knew Bob Buxton as the Agriculture teacher at River View High School, where he spent his career educating the next wave […]

Knox Porteus and his family have been farming for generations. His grandfather purchased the original farm, and they have expanded over the years to grow corn and soy and to […]

Faithe Arden’s family purchased their farm thirty years ago, a piece of land that has been cultivated for over 200 years. The foundation of the original farmhouse rests quietly in […]

Raymond Pew’s great-grandfather received a land grant for service in the War of 1812, and his family has been farming the same valley near Keene ever since.  Standing on the […]

Unlike the majority of Coshocton County farmers who specialize in growing grains or raising livestock, Dennis Fender has a very unique agricultural business: a fish hatchery.  Fender’s Fish Hatchery has […]

When we visited the dairy farm of Larry and Mary Jane Stahl in November, they were in the process of expanding their operation by constructing an addition on their existing […]

On an early autumn day, we visited Bill Shurtz and traveled to two of his favorite spots on the 1900 acres that his family farms near West Lafaeytte, OH. The […]

The passion that Chris Sturtz has for animals is immediately evident upon arrival at the tidy 197-acre farm that she shares with her husband Jerry. One is greeted by dogs, […]

Gerald Finlay and his wife Judy farm 600 acres in Coshocton County, some of which was originally settled by his ancestors in 1878.  We visited several of his fields throughout […]

When we asked David Lapp about his favorite place on his farm, this spot instantly came to mind.  Overlooking some of the 2300 acres that he farms with his father […]