Richardson Family Values
We’re a big, awkward, funny, crazy family. When we try to explain how we’re related to the cast and crew, we usually settle on telling people that it’s complicated. Basically, our dad, Gary, taught Vocational Agriculture at Timbo High School for over 30 years. He ended up with 4 daughters and a huge bunch of grandkids.
Boss loves to teach, so here we all are, learning how to take care of the land that we love and make our little farms something that’ll be special to you like it is to us. The old house-place is in Stone County in North Central Arkansas in the Ozark Mountains. The Richardson family settled there around 1875, and there we’ve stayed.
The farm used to produce corn, maybe some cotton, and other row crops, but the steep hills and hollers here aren’t really conducive to that kind of farming. Now we produce angus-cross beef cattle, hay, some timber, and a little native stone.
Mainly, we have a roaring good time. Our favorite thing to do is get in our trucks, the old jeep, or the go-kart and take a leisurely drive through the place. Come over and “go on a round” with us. It’ll be an adventure, and we can always use somebody to open and close the gates.
Come be part of the Triple R family.
Hector, Arkansas
Cowell Farms
Two of those daughters have branched out and are living and working on a separate cattle and meat goat operation in Hector, near Russellville. Jessi and her husband, Bob Cowell, bought the Hector farm a couple of years ago and moved there with their herd, and Julie joined them. They sell beef and replacement animals from there, too. In total, they have 6 kids, so there are plenty of hands to help out. They plan to expand their operation this year to include a pretty good sized vegetable production as well as honey from their own hives.
L3 Farm
The oldest (prettiest, nicest) sister lives just a few minutes from the main farm, and is growing a bunch of different kinds of organically grown mushrooms and herbs for sale to restaurants and home cooks. She’s also got a flock of laying hens and sells eggs and a few chicks. Her daughter just started a small herd of dairy goats; you can see them at the Stone County Fair this fall.