“I always wanted to be a farmer,” says Brice Mosekian of BnB Farms in Cambridge. “I didn’t want to do it in California.”

Summer weekends mean rodeos for Idaho’s urban and rural dwellers alike. As two- and four-legged athletes test their skills in a sandy arena, there’s a lot going on behind the chutes. And that’s just where the Pinz family likes to be.       

For millions of people, the farm-based Christmas stories that grace the Hallmark channel each winter season are endearing and provide a simple, innocent vision of “farm life” during the holiday season.

Farm life is the best life, am I right? If you grew up on the farm or are raising kids on the farm, you know the farm is a wonderful place for children. They learn independence, responsibility and so much more. However, farms are also workplaces.

Traveling to a European Christmas village filled with traditional baked treats, handmade goodies and Santa himself is not in the cards for most of us.

Many of life’s most memorable meals are served over the Christmas season.

Samee Charriere is the co-owner of Ledgerwood Gelbvieh and Rafter C Reds in Clarkston, Washington, where she works alongside her husband and family managing all aspects of the purebred herds and commercial cows.