Growing with Growers since 1946
  • October 2014 Issue
  • Story by TJ Mullinax
  • Jessica & Sara Ecker, Young Growers from Trempealeau, Wisconsin

    ages / (Jess, on left in photo) 33, (Sara, on right in photo) 30 crops / Apples, blueberries, and peaches education / Jessica graduated from University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in architecture and Sara graduated from University of Wisconsin, Madison with an education degree titles / (Jess) Marketing manager, (Sara) Orchard manager business / Ecker’s Apple Farm Q:  What was your path to farming? Jess: We are both fourth-generation farmers living on our family farm that we are lucky enough to have inherited. Neither of us pursued a degree in agriculture, which at times is unfortunate — it makes the learning […]

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