Two More Generations (#3 & #4)

  This picture shows my father Cleon and mother Dottie with my sister Tina and brother Chris.  Myself along with my sister Lydee make up the 4th generation of Cassels who have worked the family farm.  My dad and mom have worked the fields and raised us to appreciated all the opportunities that a life on 200 acres of land has to offer.  As children we could hunt, play, fish and work all Summer while eating some of the best food anyone could ever hope for.  We always had a huge bountiful garden and raised, horses, ponies, cattle, pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, peacocks and guinea hens on the farm.  All of these things combined to make our lives very special.  Now, we have the opportunity to pass the life we grew to love and enjoy on to our children through the winery at Cassel Vineyards.  If you stop by to visit we can still show you the fields and farms where we grew up.  Chances are you will see our kids working in the fields, riding the horses, or playing with their cousins just like we did, and our parents did before us. 
    That's the thing about a family farm, it continues to cycle back around as long as the circle remains unbroken.  Unfortunately for many of the farms and families in this area, the sale of the family's farmland breaks this cycle.  Less opportunities remain for the next generation, and the circle becomes a road ending j\in a cul-de-sac.