'From what I hear, he tried everything too.' 'You know, I think he'd be proud,' says Alan. Seeing all this, you can't help but wonder what Joseph Stallings, Alan's great-great-grandpa, the man who first worked the soil where he is now standing, would say if he could see the place now? Would he ask what in the Sam Hill is going on? And what's a website? Vause’s family has farmed the land for the last five generations. 'I'm a little bit spread out,' he deadpans.Īlan Vause walks in his field while installing irrigation for the coming year at Sunnyfield Farm in Eden, Weber County, on June 29. Alan also sells photographs suitable for framing of his beloved Scottish Highland cows, a children's book titled 'Go, Tractor, Go,' and ball caps and T-shirts embroidered with the Sunnyfield logo - available on the premises or on his website:. And that's just the food that's for sale at Sunnyfield Farm. There's also free-range pork, lamb, turkey in season (Thanksgiving), fresh eggs, pumpkins in season (Halloween), garlic, honey straight from the hive, butter from fresh cream, cheese from raw milk (the last three items are all sourced in from local suppliers). His specialty is Scottish Highland cows - they're considered the Mercedes-Benz of beef cows he feeds them nothing but grass, most of which he grows himself, none of which contains pesticides or fertilizers.

Second, there's the new-age kind of place Alan's running.

Yes, he's clearly been out in the sun a lot and has the smile lines to prove it, but he acts, talks and walks like a bona fide millennial.

Alan Vause is 35 and could pass for younger. 1868.īut it's not long before you realize this is not an old farm.įirst, there's the farmer. EDEN, Weber County - Written in John Deere green, the big bold letters on the side of the barn announce that this is SUNNYFIELD FARM, EDEN, UT.

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