Shops for more than storage

Janelle Atyeo
Sep 3, 2024
Sep 3, 2024

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With farm sizes growing, there’s often multiple families involved in one operation, and the farm shop sometimes becomes a central meeting place for planning the day’s tasks.

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Janelle Atyeo is a small town South Dakota girl enjoying her work as regional editor of the Midwest Messenger and Tri-State Neighbor while raising kids and no-till vegetables in central Sioux Falls. Reach her at janelle.atyeo@lee.net.