WF Pride Sacrifice and Serve Chad Cottingham When I was a young boy, my brother and I used to argue all the time about who was the greatest superhero. I always liked Superman and he was more of a Batman fan. We would pretend to have their super powers and play fight. I, as Superman, always won. Let’s fast forward to …
WF Pride – Excel in Communication
WF Pride Excel in Communication Chad Cottingham I can remember being a kid and using an old fashioned rotary dial phone. It took so long to dial, and then if you got a busy signal you had to do it all over again. Ugh… It pains me thinking about it. But then came our first touch tone phone, and then a …
WF Pride – Discipline and Accountability
WF Pride Discipline and Accountability Chad Cottingham My four children are all very different. They have different talents, abilities and personalities – I wouldn’t want it any other way. My third child, Cameron, loves the outdoors. He loves to hunt and fish, ride his four-wheeler, blow things up, and just be a regular boy (or should I say young man …
WF Pride – August 11, 2014 – Integrity
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 …