Jimmy is a 6th generational farmer whose paternal family
came directly from Scotland in the mid to late 1770s and
settled in the Nethers/Etlan area of Madison County,
Virginia, only three miles from our present farm.
His great, great,
great, great-grandfather was known as a “hog baron” in
those early times after his arrival from Scotland.
Jimmy’s mother’s family were also multi-generational
farmers and orchard men from the Syria/Duet area of
Madison County and so, he comes by his vocation very,
very honestly. He has a deep seated love and respect for
this land on which he was born, lives and farms and for
those that he maintains for others. Although he has
traveled away, he has never found a place that he finds
as beautiful and peaceful as that found at the bottom of
Old Rag Mountain in Etlan, Virginia, and feels that it
should be treasured forever as it is. Jimmy feels
farming deep in “his DNA.”
Jimmy also brings to
the farm his past experience as a carpenter and then as
a foreman with a large construction firm in Northern
Virginia.
Jimmy runs the farm
full time managing the herd and properties to insure the
best health for all of the beef as well as the farmland.
Jimmy feels that healthy beef and healthy land truly
mean healthy people.
Robin’s family tree
is as “old as time” and per Jimmy, she is the true
“in-bred.” Both her father’s and mother’s surnames were
Clark and although not directly related, her father’s
family originating in North Carolina and her mother’s in
Massachusetts, as the records show, the original Clark
tree goes back to the 1600s from England and then to New
England, where most likely all Clarks were related at
that time. Her paternal family were multi-generational
dairy farmers and ran successful dairies near Mount
Vernon, Virginia and Lake Barcroft in Northern Virginia
before leaving and settling in Fauquier County, Virginia
in what was once known as the “Free State.” Robin’s
family moved to a small farm in Nethers, Virginia in the
late 1960’s.
Robin works part
time in a small Family Practice office in Luray now, as well as full time as
Jimmy’s “gopher,” his secretary, treasurer, marketer and
accountant for the farm when she is not practicing
medicine. She feels confident that the beef that is
produced on their farm for your consumption is
unbelievably healthier and tastier than anything one can
get from traditional sources. She is exceedingly proud
of her husband, her husband’s ability to manage their
beef gently and humanely and the farm(s) that they
maintain.
Jimmy and Robin have
been married since 1982 and live closely with their
family and siblings in Etlan and Nethers.
