The average age of the American farmer is 58 and climbing. Our responsibility to educate the next generation of farmers has never been more urgent. Partnering with organizations like Future Farmers of America, FFA, is a great way to help teach kids about the exciting career opportunities that exist in agriculture. This year we had the privilege of hosting FFA’s …
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 …
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 …
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.