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[Continue \>\>\>](https://grow.ifa.coop/co-op-feature/capener-farms-5-generations-utah-farming) [Read More](https://grow.ifa.coop/co-op-feature/capener-farms-5-generations-utah-farming) [![Taking a Gamble on the Anderson Family Farm](https://grow.ifa.coop/hubfs/IFA_Blog_Anderson%20Family%20Farm%201-1.png)](https://grow.ifa.coop/co-op-feature/anderson-family-farm) ## [Taking a Gamble on the Anderson Family Farm](https://grow.ifa.coop/co-op-feature/anderson-family-farm) From raising cattle to building a meat packing plant, the Anderson Farm in Fillmore, Utah, continues to grow by taking necessary risks. [Continue \>\>\>](https://grow.ifa.coop/co-op-feature/anderson-family-farm) [Read More](https://grow.ifa.coop/co-op-feature/anderson-family-farm) [![Sorenson Sheep Co.: A Family’s Sheep Farm Story](https://grow.ifa.coop/hubfs/IFA_Blog_Sorenson%20Sheep%20Co.-%20A%20Family%E2%80%99s%20Sheep%20Farm%20Story.png)](https://grow.ifa.coop/co-op-feature/utah-family-sheep-farm-sorenson-sheep-co) ## [Sorenson Sheep Co.: A Family’s Sheep Farm Story](https://grow.ifa.coop/co-op-feature/utah-family-sheep-farm-sorenson-sheep-co) A Utah family started a sheep farm with 6 lambs. Today, it sells buck lambs to ranchers around the US, meat directly to consumers, and artisan wool online. [Continue \>\>\>](https://grow.ifa.coop/co-op-feature/utah-family-sheep-farm-sorenson-sheep-co) [Read More](https://grow.ifa.coop/co-op-feature/utah-family-sheep-farm-sorenson-sheep-co) [![Chad Rowley Brings His Fruit Farming Legacy to IFA](https://grow.ifa.coop/hubfs/IFA_Blog_Chad%20Rowley%20Brings%20His%20Fruit%20Farming%20Legacy%20to%20IFA1.png)](https://grow.ifa.coop/co-op-feature/fruit-farming-chad-rowley) ## [Chad Rowley Brings His Fruit Farming Legacy to IFA](https://grow.ifa.coop/co-op-feature/fruit-farming-chad-rowley) Chad Rowley brings his fruit farming expertise including more than 40 years of marketing, processing, and selling fruit to the IFA Board of Directors. 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[Continue \>\>\>](https://grow.ifa.coop/co-op-feature/ifa-president) [Read More](https://grow.ifa.coop/co-op-feature/ifa-president) [![100 Years of Growing Healthy Chickens With Your Local Farmer's Co-op](https://grow.ifa.coop/hubfs/intro-100years-chickens-article-img2a.jpg)](https://grow.ifa.coop/chickens/local-poultry-feed) ## [100 Years of Growing Healthy Chickens With Your Local Farmer's Co-op](https://grow.ifa.coop/chickens/local-poultry-feed) IFA is a local farmer's co-op thats been growing healthy chickens and poultry for 100 years. Learn about IFA's locally-milled poultry feeds and supplies. 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