The Klaesi family came to Canada from Switzerland in 1990, when Elias was just a lad. The farm in the old country had no room for expansion, and more land was needed.

Adam and Hannie van Bergeijk had a thriving business in Holland, operating a dairy farm and cheese-making business.

May Acres Farm, now run by Duncan “Hap” May, has evolved over time from the general farm established by his grandfather in 1909.

In true Snoopy cartoon fashion, the story begins, “It was a dark and stormy night.” It was dark; the hydro went out the evening of Dec. 13, 2010, while dairyman Robert Noble was engaged in inseminating a cow.

Windcrest Farm Ltd., located near Berwick, Nova Scotia, is only a 10-minute drive from the Bay of Fundy.

PJV Farms, near Chilliwack, British Columbia, is a family operation begun in 1963 by current operator Peter Vink’s father.

Joe Krentz moved to British Columbia from Saskatchewan when he was 18 and began work in a sawmill. He and Loretta married in 1950, bought their farm in 1954 and started a dairy operation while raising their nine children.

Dykshoorn Farms, located near Abbotsford in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, is a family enterprise. Originally purchased in 1945 by Mike Dykshoorn’s grandfather and his three sons, it has now supported four generations of the Dykshoorn family.

Brad Romyn has a lot of reasons to smile these days. The third-generation dairy farmer from Notch Hill, British Columbia, has made significant changes to his operation which have resulted in a lot more time to spend with his family and huge improvements to his herd’s milk production.

The Romyns’ old barn was a 100-by-60-foot freestall barn with 7-foot stalls.

Goreland Farms, Carrying Place, Prince Edward County, Ontario, has been in the Pulver family for six generations.