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Jim and Kay Richardson are the owners of Richardson Farms. Jim is a Veterinarian, board certified in Canine/Feline medicine. Farming has been part of Jim's life from early childhood. Jim spent many hours as a child farming with his grandfather near Gainesville, Texas. This experience as a child has provided Jim with a passion for farming and his love of animals. He has a unique prospective concerning animal care and welfare gained through 35+ years of veterinary practice. He has continued to farm and have bountiful gardens throughout his professional working years. His dream has always been to share his love of farming with others....and as a result, has committed to the CSA, and Ag-education farm tours idea. Kay is a Registered Nurse and she is currently working part time at Richards Memorial Hospital in Rockdale. They have three children: Mike, Kari, and Lance (see below for more info).
Their son, Mike, and his family Amy (wife) and son Connor live nearby in Rockdale, TX. Michael is a fireman working for the Bryan Fire Department in Bryan, Texas and Amy is an RN working as a flight nurse for a local air ambulance company. Connor is in 4-H and enjoys raising and showing pigs for the Milam County Fairs in both Cameron and Rockdale. In his free time, Michael works on the farm helping with all the typical farm chores.
(From left to right: Connor, and Amy and Mike Richardson)
Daughter Kari, and her husband Brian Bersano live in Chandler, TX. They have three children; Lauren (age 10), Andrew (age 8), and Lindsey (age 4). Kari and Brian own a medical supply company, Edge Medical Supply, with Brian being the COO/CFO. Kari is also an RN working prn, however, her main job is housewife and CEO of her family! They've helped out on the farm with rebuilding some of the old farm houses, building the chicken coup, planting acorns, and most recently laying 1000+ feet of irrigation pipe. The kids love coming to the farm to help bottle feed the baby calves and pumping water from the windmill is always fun!
(Names are from left to right, back row: Brian and Kari Bersano
Front row: Andrew, Lindsey, and Lauren)
Son Lance Clark, and his wife Cheryl currently live in Anchorage, Alaska. Lance has a Term Faculty position at the University of Alaska at Anchorage teaching various labs (Human Anatomy and Physiology, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, and Principles of Physiology); and Cheryl, a Wildlife Biologist, performs research on Steller sea lions for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. They helped to rebuild some of the old farm buildings during the farm's early stages, and, they always assist with daily farm chores when they come for visits. Lance also created and maintains the RichardsonFarms website. Lance and Cheryl currently have one son, Logan Spencer (18mo).
(From left to right: Lance, Cheryl, and Logan)
