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Farmer Profiles
Rita Herford, Minden City, MI
November 2019
Up in Michigan, Rita Herford’s family has been farming sugar beets for five generations, ever since her ancestors emigrated from Germany.
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Eric Hopkins, Belle Glade, FL
November 2019
As the Senior Vice President of Hundley Farms, based in Belle Glade, Florida, Eric Hopkins is part of a family farming business that stretches back to 1969.
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Ben Chaffin, Ithaca, MI
September 2019
As a third-generation farmer, Ben has established a reputation for being a resource to others in the agricultural field. He says it's important to balance business sense with being a good neighbor, an environmental steward and an industry advocate.
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Maria Alvarez, Nampa, ID
September 2019
As manager for Amalgamated Sugar’s largest warehouse in Nampa, Idaho, Maria Alvarez runs a 24/7 operation, oversees a staff of 176 and is host and company ambassador to guests visiting the facility. But she takes it all in stride.
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Gert Hawkins, Pointe Coupee, LA
August 2019
It’s common to hear sugar farming referred to as a family business. Stories of parents, grandparents and even great-grandparents working the same land is not unusual.
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Michael Ann Relka, Mitchell, NE
July 2019
As an agriculturalist and a farmer, Michael Ann brings her passion for agriculture to both her day job and her family’s farm.
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Denny Lanaux III, Luling, LA
July 2019
Denny Lanaux has been farming sugar cane up river from New Orleans, Louisiana, his entire career. He was born into a farming family and for the last 41 years has been the owner of Big D Farms, which has 4,000 acres of cane as well as some soybeans. He says it’s what he was born […]
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Krystal Crosby, Cowley, WY
May 2019
With her own family history in agriculture, Krystal married into the world of sugar beets and strong family ties to the ground in northern Wyoming.
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Paul Allen, Pahokee, FL
May 2019
Paul wants people to understand the important role farmers play in their lives. Farming is not simply a job; it’s a calling.
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