By SHERRY BUNTING / Special for Farmshine
CHARLEVOIX, Mich. – A sense of ‘place’ and a journey for profitability into the future are no small tasks when it comes to sustaining a family dairy farm beyond its first 100 years.
For Sarah Roy, her path back to the family farm has been full of twists and turns to what is now a partnership with her father Doug Warner in its rebirth as Norwood Centennial Farms near Charlevoix, Michigan — nearly 100 years after her great-grandparents moved their six children from their first farm in Norwood to the current location. At that time in 1926, the family business sold milk, eggs, beef, pork, chicken, and grain.
Today, the journey of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th generations is pivoting full circle — back to the consumer. Read more…
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