Sherman's Pioneer Farm
Specializing in Sweet Sugar Hubbard Squash
“Sherman’s pioneer Farm has been a working farm for over 100 years. Squash has been our main crop for over 70 years. In the early 1950’s, Edwin Sherman (one of William’s 9 children) a few other local farmers and WSU, teamed up and crossed a sweet meat hubbard and a blue hubbard to get our sweet sugar hubbard squash that we still grow today. We harvest in the fall , store in our barns in winter and usually are planting in May when we take out the last of the previous years crop.”
“The small working farm is where it’s at. The small farms are the backbone of community. Families know where their food comes from and who grew it. They know that we don’t have any genetically modified product. We are able to support our community food banks and others that need our help.”
Farming is hard work. The labor is intensive but our lives are rich and full with family and community. The legacy left to us by our father, Edwin and our grandfathers gives us a feeling of belonging to an idea much bigger than just us. A friend asked once why we continued to do this job if it is so hard. Our answer is our roots are deep. Our dream is huge. It isn’t about money or riches. Our dream is about handing this legacy to our next generation so that they can have the same richness of life that we have experienced.