Passion for acquiring leads to eclectic collection Wallsburg, Utah—On a tip from Utah antique picker Matt Binyon of American Rust Company, I visited what he described as “one of the most amazing ranches/museums I’ve ever seen.”, Richard Erickson's 300-acre ranch in Wallsburg, Utah. I don’t know Matt as someone who uses hyperbole or conjecture, but he has seen a lot of cool … [Read more...]
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Sweet Corn and a Strong Legacy at Miya’s Farm
Miya’s Farm is situated in the middle of a Clearfield, Utah, residential area, but the urban farm wasn’t always so… urban. Renie Miya remembers when his family farmed 350 acres of land throughout Davis County before relatives sold their portions of the Miya family farmland. Miya’s farm is now about 40 acres. Over the years, Renie has seen surrounding farms come and go, and … [Read more...]
Grant Holdaway – A Farming Legacy
Grant Holdaway is a 91-year-old man who can't give up his habit of farming. He finally sold his business last year after his store manager moved on to a different career. He says that ever since he was six years old he has had a passion for growing plants and farming. "You have got to love farming to do it," says Holdaway. He added that despite working 12-hour days throughout … [Read more...]
Bangerter Farms update: “I can guarantee the land will never be anything but a farm.”
Legal change keeps the Bangerter's farmland productive A year after Farmington granted agricultural protection for the Bangerter family farm, a 22-acre plot of farmland, and ended any effort to put soccer fields on the site, the city’s economic development director still receives pleas to leave the property alone. Brigham Mellor says he gets about one email a week from people … [Read more...]
Woodyatt’s Montmorency Cherry Orchard: Tart Cherries Make a Sweet Business
Delicious and Healthy Chock-full of antioxidants and a natural source of melatonin, the benefits of tart cherries juice have been making health headlines in recent years. “People love it,” says second-generation cherry farmer Dan Woodyatt, who ships the orchard’s distinctively tart Montmorency cherry juice concentrate to customers coast-to-coast. Although he’s hesitant to … [Read more...]
Bill White Farms: Products for People, not Corporate Profit
If a man is lucky, there comes a point when his life’s work and his legacy combine to benefit others. Bill White is a lucky fellow in this respect. His name has been synonymous with delicious food in Utah for the past 25 years. He’s best known for his eight Park City restaurants—Grappa, Chimayo, Wahso, Windy Ridge Café and Bakery, Ghidotti’s, Sushi Blue, and Billy Blanco’s. … [Read more...]
Bangerter Family Farm Wins Zoning Battle for Farmland Usage
Alan Bangerter is no stranger to moving his farming operations in the name of “progress,” which usually comes in the form of freeways built on top of and replacing fertile farm ground. The Legacy of Legacy In 1999 UDOT moved the main Bangerter family farm (30 acres that they bought in the 1970s). The farm was located in the intended path of the Legacy Parkway , so … [Read more...]
Support Our Local Farmers
A local former state leader said to me last month, "Utah is for certain in the top three states when it comes to corruption in the form of crony capitalism." I might have guessed this, but to hear it confirmed by a former state employee of a high rank was a surprise. He didn’t wish to have his name on the record. But this issue is very closely related to our farm issue because … [Read more...]
Moab’s Moonflower Community Cooperative
Moonflower Community Cooperative in Moab, has come a long way from the years it spent in a building made of old ammo boxes in the early 80’s. Back then it was called Life Stream, but was referred to locally as “The health food store.” The store and co-op originally opened in 1975 and was organized by longtime resident Conrad Sorensen. For years it was run on a volunteer … [Read more...]
Davis County Exercise Activities
By Leo Dirr Davis County has some of the fittest, healthiest, most attractive residents in the nation. So, it’s no wonder that the county is home to more exercise activities than you can shake your pedometer at. Fitness options range from frugal to fancy to free -- and everything in between. We’ve broken the activities into categories to help you find the ones you … [Read more...]