At Winding River Farms, Wes Kent does the conserving while robots do the milking — and the land, streams, and cows are better for it.
Category Archives: Portrait of a Steward
Sally Johnson, Washington County
Sally Johnson has made her way as a cattle farmer in Southwest Virginia by combining the power of family with the power of the sun.
Waddle Farm, Smyth County
Several years ago, a neighbor asked Shelley Waddle if she and her husband, Jeff, had ever considered protecting their 1,158-acre Saltville farm from development with a conservation easement. She was …
Craun Farm, Augusta County
Jim Craun celebrated a 100th birthday in June. Not his—his barn’s. The barn is one of several buildings that Mr. Craun has restored on his family’s 165-acre farm in Augusta …
White House Farm Foundation, Page County
In 1760, about 30 years before construction began on the White House in the District of Columbia, a Mennonite settler named Martin Kauffman II built his own little White House …
Oak Grove Plantation, Halifax County
Oak Grove Plantation, a bed & breakfast just outside South Boston in Halifax County, works hard to minimize its environmental footprint. Some of the steps it has taken include recycling, …