Friday, September 11, 2009

He's baaaack!

After getting out of farming, my first cousins turned their half of our family farm -- near my hometown in Nebraska -- into a working pumpkin patch. The first year they opened, was the fall that Jackson was born, six years ago. We've loved making it an annual tradition ever since and, again this year, they've used photos of him in their print ads, Web site and brochure. (Last year he was in their TV spot!)

Here's an excerpt from their Web site:
The 130 acre working farm has been in our family for more than 80 years. Jeff Pooley and his brother Greg have farmed this land under the watchful eye of their father Paul Pooley and grandfather Hans Neumeyer. Until 2001, Pooley Farms raised corn and soybean crops in addition to their purebred Limosin cattle operation. (Notice the spelling, the car ends with an “e”, the cattle breed drops the “e”.) As with all farms, change is inevitable. Jeff, Greg and their dad decided to cash rent the farm ground and keep the cattle and hay operation. Pooley Farms won Limosin Commercial Cattle Producer of the Year in 2003.

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