It’s May 8th 1865, along the banks of Stewart Creek sits a small farmhouse in territory that had just recently been designated as Umatilla County. Elizabeth Hemphill sits on her porch looking over Stewart Creek, and opens her leather bound journal, “We had a good farm on the creek and raised grain principally. We had…

Small town wheat farmers face major challenges. With rising costs and dwindling yields there are hundreds of family farms struggling just to make the checkbook balance. With food shortages becoming a greater threat every passing year, securing the livelihoods of the people who produce our food is a must. Farmers in America will face challenges…