Leah and her brothers are the fourth generation of her family growing potatoes. This legacy began with Leah’s great grandfather, Hallie Halverson, in 1928 with ten acres outside of Forest River, North Dakota. Black Gold Farms now grows potatoes throughout the United States. After college, Leah started working at an advertising agency. Five years ago, she started her own firm called Ten Acre Marketing, an homage to her grandfather. Leah is excited about the future. “Between my daughter and my brother’s girls, eight girls are coming up for the fifth generation of our family in agriculture. For any young person getting involved with agriculture looks so much different now than it did ten or 20 years ago. There’s a need for everybody and every experience.” Here’s a link to the video interview.
