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 …
Walther Farms Offers Proposal to Ease Concerns in South Carolina
Edisto River Protection Plan Walther Farms will reduce its existing registration amounts by 50% Walther Farms will work with USGS to install a monitoring station that will track flow rates to promote responsible water use and awareness Walther Farms will drill a backup supplemental well on the Augusta Farm that can be used to provide supplemental irrigation in times of …
For a Large-scale Farm Development to Succeed, it Involves Communication and Compromises in South Carolina
South Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, Hugh Weathers, shares how Walther Farms has reinforced his belief that South Carolina can grow its agricultural economy and protect the environment at the same time. Learn more: For a large-scale farm development to succeed, it involves communication and compromises in South Carolina.
Potato-growing family on South Edisto doing things right
Potato-growing family on South Edisto doing things right, Farm Bureau leader says The fourth-generation family farmers hosted a number of folks from the agriculture community to answer questions and to show what they have been up to on the tract of land they purchased last February. Learn what David Winkles with the South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation had to say: Potato-growing …