Schafer Family
Derek and Susan Schafer Family,
The Schafers are fifth generation dry-land farmers. Their family farm was homesteaded on 80 acres in 1889 between Lind and Ritzville, WA. The Schafers are descendants of a group of Volga-German pioneering families that settled in Eastern Washington in the late 1800s. The original homestead house was a 1 room structure without electricity or indoor plumbing. Mules were once used to pull equipment and much of the work on the farm was done by hand. Derek and Susan returned to the family farm in 1999 after graduating from the University of Idaho and have 2 children that along with Derek’s parents are actively involved in the farming operation.
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The Schafers are fifth generation dry-land farmers. Their family farm was homesteaded on 80 acres in 1889 between Lind and Ritzville, WA. The Schafers are descendants of a group of Volga-German pioneering families that settled in Eastern Washington in the late 1800s. The original homestead house was a 1 room structure without electricity or indoor plumbing. Mules were once used to pull equipment and much of the work on the farm was done by hand. Derek and Susan returned to the family farm in 1999 after graduating from the University of Idaho and have 2 children that along with Derek’s parents are actively involved in the farming operation.
Contact Derek and Susan