09/06/2026
As we enter this Labor Day holiday, I want to take a moment to recognize and thank Grant.
Grant stopped at our stand at Wallen and Coldwater Roads today. When he noticed that something needed our attention, he didnât simply walk away and assume someone else would handle it. He made sure his payment was secure and then took the time to message us.
What touched me most was what he said afterward:
âIâve been supporting your business for years! I want nothing more than for you guys to continue to grow your businessâand you canât do that without people with integrity and a willingness to maintain a trustworthy society. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to feeding my family throughout the years!â
Grant, thank youânot only for supporting our business and choosing our produce for your family throughout the years, but also for taking the time to look out for our family business.
Of course, we operate these stands to earn a living, just as every business must. We have employees to pay, crops to grow, bills to meet, and families who depend upon this business. Earning a fair profit allows us to continue farming, employing people, and serving our communities year after year.
But what has grown around these stands is about more than a transaction.
It is a relationship between our family and the communities we serveâa relationship built upon good food, fair value, honesty, and trust.
Our roadside stands could not operate as they do without people of integrity. Over the years, so many of you have sent us messages when something needed attention, looked out for our stands, returned to pay when you didnât have the correct change, and helped us care for what we have worked so hard to build.
You are our customers, but after all these years, many of you have also become friends and neighbors who genuinely care whether we succeed. That does not make us any less of a business. It makes us a family business blessed with an extraordinary community.
Labor Day reminds us that no businessâand no communityâis built or sustained by one person alone.
Today, we honor the truck drivers who keep food and essential goods moving across our country; the nurses, doctors, caregivers, and other healthcare workers who care for us when we are sick or hurting; and the farmers and farm laborers who work long hours to feed families they may never meet.
We honor the factory workers who manufacture the products we depend upon; the construction workers and skilled tradespeople who build and maintain our homes, businesses, roads, and communities; and the teachers, first responders, public employees, service workers, mechanics, sanitation workers, and countless others whose daily labor quietly keeps our society functioning.
Much of this work happens when few people are watching. It happens early in the morning, late at night, on weekends and holidays, in every kind of weather. Labor Day gives us an opportunity to stop and recognize the hands, hearts, skills, and sacrifices behind the lives we are privileged to live.
We are also grateful for customers like Grant who value honest work, support local businesses, and conduct themselves with integrityâeven when no one is watching.
So, on this Labor Day weekend, we honor laborers everywhere. We are grateful for everyone whose work serves our families, strengthens our businesses, and holds our communities together.
Grantâand all the others who have done similar things throughout the yearsâthank you.
Our family may plant the seeds, cultivate the ground, and harvest the crops, but the culture of trust surrounding these stands is something we have all cultivated together.
Together, we continue to prove that honest work matters, community matters, and trust is still worth believing in.
