I grew up on a beautiful farm outside of Pemberville, Ohio. During high school I became actively involved in FFA (Future Farmers of America). For my SAE (Supervised Agriculture Experience) project in 2001, I planted and grew barley for the purpose of selling the straw to pond and water garden owners. The project was so successful that I carried the business on after high school and into college.

My interests led me to The Ohio State University where I studied Agri-business and Applied Economics. It was exciting for me to take what I learned in the classroom and apply it to this 'real life' business. I know that I got my money's worth!

I got married in 2010 and my wife and I just celebrated the birth of a baby girl. God has been very good to me!

I grew up on the same beautiful farm as Doug. I have also joined the FFA program at my high school and it was about that time that Doug asked me to join him in his already well established business. I readily agreed and here we are!

Doug can be set in his ways sometimes so I am happy to assist the business in bringing in new ideas and helping out with the customer service side of things.

I have already learned a lot of new things since joining the business and I am doing my best in being humble as Doug "teaches me the ropes."

Outside of helping with this business, I enjoy running on my high school's cross country and track teams and hanging out with my friends.