My experience so far with my farm family has been sort of hectic. To my surprise it took a while to actually find a farm that had a family! The people of Rosebush did help me tremendously find just the right one. Recently I had the chance to meet the owner of the farm, Pat McConnell’s nephew Luke. He was extremely shy at first, which I do not blame the kid for talking to some random stranger (me). Even though it took a few trys to get him to take me to the right barn, he eventually led me to the right one. His father, Kevin walked me around with him and had Luke show me the different calves and even shucked corn off their crops for me to see.
I was able to get in contact with both the owner of McConnell’s farm and his son who brings all his grandchildren over to play and help out at the farm. Which, I feel is amazing that there is such a strong relationship between them all and the willingness to come work as a family. I learned that the farm consists of 150 cows that they help raise from being a young calf to full grown.
Laura Helferich JRN 420 & 422 Photography 