A time for leaving….

Things have changed quite a bit for me in the last year.  As many of you know, I went through a divorce last summer. My cousin came to help over this past winter, but left in the Spring.  My son also moved out of my house this Spring.  That leaves me alone on the farm.  As hard as I try, I cannot keep up with all the work and demands of running a farm myself—there just aren’t enough hours in the day to do all the chores, sales, marketing, etc. that goes along with this demanding job.  Therefore, I will be getting out of farming this fall and putting 2silos up for sale.

I realize that I can’t do it all myself.  I feel bad because I have fallen behind on communication with my customers, and customer service has suffered.  Customers and potential customers have fallen through the cracks and I feel terrible. This is one reason why I am not doing a Saturday farmer’s market this year.  Even with the help of our CSA members, it’s still not close to what I need to effectively run a sustainable farm.

My family is glad to hear that I am shifting jobs.  They were concerned about my workload and the difficulty of the work.  I recently had a health scare which served as a wake-up call that I can’t do this work alone.

I am now living in an apartment in Marengo, OH and have moved the chickens, sheep and geese to a vacant barn on nearby farm, I will honor the CSA commitments I have made through October. I will be entertaining offers on the business beginning in August.

Thank you for your patience with me during the past year.  Also many, many thanks for your patronage during the past 6 years.  It’s been lots of fun meeting my customers and seeing everyone each week at market. I’ve enjoyed being your farmer.  I am grateful for your support.

Denise Beno Anderson

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