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

 
Mary-Howell & Klaas Martens

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, edamame soybeans and other things too.  They have been farming organically since 1993.  They also raise organic heifers, pigs, chickens, and most importantly, 3 children – Peter, Elizabeth and Daniel.  For more about about them, see the ATTRA website

 
Daniel Hoover

There isn't much that Daniel doesn’t do at Lakeview – he coordinates and schedules the feed deliveries each week, supervises all of us, helps dairy farmers with their rations, meets with suppliers and farmers, plans and implements much of the short-term maintenance and repair, and the long-term improvements, monitors inventory, and much more.

 
Lester Martin
helps with feed grinding, facility maintenance, and most recently, he has assumed management of seed inventory,  seed cleaning, warehousing, filling and keeping track of seed orders and monitoring our seed production fields.   With our seed sales increasing this spring so phenomenally, Lester has done a truly amazing job of maintaining order in the midst of chaos. 
 
Kent Foster

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 Foster

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 the 2 years that she has been working at Lakeview, answering the phones, preparing delivery slips, waiting on customers, and keeping up with inventory.

 
Ed Tears

may the person you’ll see when our green Peterbilt feed truck pulls in your driveway.  In addition to delivering feed, Ed monitors the grain bins here and at the farm, keeps the grinding bins well supplied, he maintains the trucks, and helps with many other mill operations.

 
Stewart Breeds

has been here for about a year – assisting with feed grinding, facility maintenance, truck repair, and also on the farm when he has extra time.  Stewart's ability to do many different things and his skill and conscientiousness continues to impress us.

 
Dan Niver
is back driving feed truck part time for us, and we are very happy about that.  Dan is a grape farmer from near here.
 
Clark Switzer

has been a member of our family for a long time, and is our official ‘Lakeview Grandfather”.  Clark is always willing to help with trucking, tractor work, and general assistance whenever we need him.

 
Jack Aumick

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.

This page lasted updated 12/23/2009
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