JUST IN CASE YOU ARE WONDERING WHO WE ARE . . .

are organic farmers, with about 1400 acres of organic corn, soybeans, small grains (wheat, spelt, barley, oats, triticale), field peas, winter peas, dark red kidney beans, and edamame soybeans. They have been farming organically since 1993. They also raise organic cows, pigs, chickens, and most importantly, 3 children – Peter, Elizabeth and Daniel. Peter has recently joined them working on the farm and is starting his own organic grain farm, and now Elizabeth is a pre-vet student at Cornell University. Mary-Howell is at the mill everyday, in charge of both the business end of the feed business and the seed division of Lakeview. ATTRA website

There isn't much that Daniel doesn’t do at Lakeview! He coordinates and schedules the feed deliveries each week, supervises all of us, assists dairy farmers with their rations, meets with suppliers and farmers, plans and implements mill and truck maintenance and repair, helps plan long-term improvements, monitors inventory, and much more while providing cheerful and incredibly helpful customer service.

Kent conscientiously grinds our feed every day, giving each batch his personal attention and care. There are many weeks when Kent can claim credit for nearly 200 tons of feed, all because of him!  Kent is an artist, both with feed at work, and at home with wood, ink and other materials.

Sheila is that cheerful, caring, helpful voice you hear when you call Lakeview.   A city girl, Sheila has learned an amazing amount about farming and farmers during time she has been working at Lakeview, answering the phones, preparing delivery slips, waiting on customers, and keeping up with inventory.

Quietly and cheerfully, Ed assists with feed grinding each morning, carefully measuring the minerals and other supplements so each batch receives the correct amount.  He also monitors the grain bins here and at the farm, keeps the grinding bins well supplied, he helps to maintain the trucks and other equipment, bags countless bags of feed, and helps with most other mill operations.

There isn't much that Stewart can't do around here - assisting with feed grinding, facility maintenance, truck repair, grain drying and handling, bagging, and seed order assembly.  Stewart's ability and willingness to do many different things never ceases to impress us.

Josh is our newest addition, a neighbor down the street and a skilled truck driver.  He cheerfully and energetically manages the feed deliveries each week, despite challenging roads, tight farm driveways and complex schedules, and in his spare time, he assists with moving grain around and other mill operations

Jack drives our feed trailer that we lease to our local Penn Yan Marchionda Trucking company. We appreciate how hard he, and Doug and Penne Marchionda work each week to make sure our feed gets delivered on time, despite challenging weather, farm driveways and schedules.