07/10/2026
This is not my typical post but I am not going to hide from what happened to us today. I blamed myself in the years past….so here is the story.
We are week one in to opening our farm stand after a two year hiatus. We have been amazed by the traffic and are so appreciative of the support.
However, today someone decided to swipe 5 bags of our cherries without payment. I want to give the benefit of the doubt, maybe they really need food, maybe they don’t have money, maybe they will come back? I understand there could be a reason but we work hard for this lifestyle to provide for our family and community. You are not only stealing from my family but the opportunity of other customers to put nutritious, whole food on their plates.
Theft was one of the reasons I took a break. I was discouraged and heartbroken, blamed myself for poor management of the stand. This was after we had brought in law enforcement and had identified the culprit. Nothing happened.
I’m ashamed of this behavior and I really hope the support of our valued customers can outshine the bad of one. We are pouring everything into this farm to make it work, our days don’t end when the sun goes down. We are striving to provide quality, nutritious produce for our family and others. We will keep pushing on, but this was definitely an unsettling bump in the road.
Happy Friday- and cheers to what I hope is a better weekend! Enjoy the sunshine friends.
Love from our family to yours!
*enjoy some progression photos of making the farmstand possible. This took us only two days, when we had some “extra” time.
