WF Pride – August 11, 2014 Core Value: Integrity Chad Cottingham I’m a big movie buff. I love a good action movie or a comedy. I can remember when my wife, Kristen, and I were going on a date to see the 1997 movie ‘Liar-Liar’ starring Jim Carrey. The movie is about a fast track lawyer who can’t lie for 24 …
WF Pride – August 4, 2014 – Recognition and Respect of Others
WF Pride – August 4, 2014 Core Value: Recognition and Respect of Others Chad Cottingham “No Respect! No Respect!” – The famous line that many know from the late Rodney Dangerfield. It was funny, but nowadays it seems like everyone is saying it. They are almost demanding it. In my 21 years in the world of education, I saw the problem …
WF Pride – July 28, 2014 – Positive Attitude and Passion for Life and Work
WF Pride – July 28, 2014 Core Value: Positive Attitude and Passion for life and work Chad Cottingham Is it just me? Or do more and more people seem sad and depressed? I go to the store and see people with heads down, rarely engaging in conversation, and looking mad at the world. No one seems happy. Why? I understand bad …
WF Pride – July 21, 2014 – Focus on Unity and Humility
WF Pride – July 21, 2014 Core Value: Focus on unity and humility Chad Cottingham I love football! I’m a bit of a junkie when it comes to watching and following it. I like high school and college, but my favorite is pro football. I watch the draft (I actually watch draft coverage for weeks prior), I read about practice, about …
Core Value Spotlight – July 2014
Core Value Spotlight – July 2014 Positive Attitude and Passion for Life and Work It is difficult to pick only one core value that represents Jacob Collins but if one defines him it is Positive Attitude and Passion for Life and Work. Jacob’s passion for work is evident in the many roles he plays. Jacob’s roles include field manager, shop manager, spray …
Core Value Spotlight – Susan Brakke
Core Value Spotlight – Susan Brakke Sacrifice and Serve June 2014 When Susan joined the South East Walther Farms Team in the spring of 2012 their office side of things (bills, p.o.’s and relation with headquarters) needed sprucing up. Susan has turned that around and made them much more organized and efficient. This is greatly appreciated by the South East …
Jeremy Walther gives a tour of the South Carolina farm to Tyler Ryan
COLUMBIA (WACH) – Tyler’s Travel Log: Farm Eye for the City Guy. Jeremy Walther gives a tour of the South Carolina farm to Tyler Ryan The first record of cultivating potatoes can somewhere between 8,000 and 5,000 BC in Peru by the Inca Indians. In the few thousand years that have followed, potatoes have become a staple of our diet, and of …
Core Value Spotlight – Derek Robinson
Core Value Spotlight – Derek Robinson Discipline and Accountability Derek Robinson has been excelling in multiple Core Values but striving in “Discipline & Accountability.” When there was an unexpected change in management at Walther Farms’ Table Operations, he stepped up and took on the challenging task to get them better faster. Coming into a new and unfamiliar role he has established new standards …
Farm family was surprised by Edisto controversy, pleased with compromise
As a farmer and outdoorsman, Jeremy Walther says the concerns raised about his family’s farming operations took him by surprise. “I love the outdoors,” Walther said as he crossed the rolling fields of his family’s 5,200-acre farm just outside of Aiken Friday morning. “My entire family are huge sportsmen. We love to hunt and fish.” The family also loves to …
Friends of the Edisto Accepts Walther Farm’s Proposal; Agrees to Drop Lawsuit
COLUMBIA, S.C. (January 28, 2014) – A 3rd generation family farm headquartered in Michigan and a South Carolina conservation group have come to terms regarding the protection of a statewide natural resource, the Edisto River’s South Fork. “When an issue or circumstance appears to set agriculture and natural resources at odds, communication is vital and compromise is required to move …