Five years to the day after her father’s cows left, Mitzie Blanchard moved back to the family farm. The determined young woman raised a successful herd of cows and four sons who learned the true meaning of hard work.
It’s all too easy to judge a book by it’s cover, isn’t it? Jennifer Shike, Pork editor, says she had her eyes opened during a recent visit to Tosh Farms to see an unlikely group of women in action in the sow barn.
Every decision Susan Weaver Ford makes is focused on family. She is the sixth generation to hold the reins of her North Carolina farm, and the first female. Her goal is to create an environment and business that attracts and excites the next generation.
