FARM FAMILY HONORED
Staff photo/Scott Mitchell Johnson
Fred Flewelling and his family, of Crouseville, were recognized last Friday night as the Maine Potato Board’s 2011 Farm Family of the Year. Flewelling started working on the farm as a child and then joined his father full-time in 1974 after purchasing land from his great uncle, William Crouse. In 1981, Flewelling purchased his uncle Leo Flewelling’s farms, which included land homesteaded by his great-great-grandfather in the early 1860s. Today, he runs Flewelling Seed Farms with his wife, Patsy (Campbell) Flewelling. Here, Brandon Roope, left, president of the Maine Potato Board, congratulates, from left, Fred and his parents, Ruth and Wilmot “Bill” Flewelling, as Fred’s granddaughter, Maggie Castonguay, looks on.
A story and more photos will appear in an upcoming issue of The Star-Herald.
