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I am the farmer

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  • Trophies, photographs, pins and hats with "Schaadt Farms" printed on them sit displayed in the kitchen of Mapha Schaadt. Mapha was a competitive cornhusker and competed in at least 10 states throughout the United States and won countless awards and trophies.
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  • Gretl Schlatter poses for a portrait while she feeds her calves, alongside her dog Annabelle, at Flatrock Dairy in Paulding, Ohio. Gretl is a co-owner of the Dairy and runs it alongside her younger sister, Heidi. Gretl partnered with Heidi, their brother Brent and their father in 2010. “I never wanted to draw attention to the fact that I’m a woman farmer, because if I hadn’t been the oldest then my brothers would have run this place and there may not have been room for me,” says Gretl.
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  • Charlie slurps up the spilled milk that had clogged the milk tank’s pipes after they were emptied before fresh milk is put in the tanks. The milk is never touched by human hands.
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  • Heidi Schlatter looks over the newborn calf, alongside her sister's dog, after having to assist in the birth of the large calf. Heidi was an OR Nurse for ten years before moving back home and becoming a partner in the family Dairy business.
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  • Mapha Schaadt, 103, poses for a portrait under the archway in her home that is covered in old farm tools that have been found around her land. Mapha and her husband, Ray, have lived and farmed in this home since they were married in 1939. Ray passed away in 1976 and Mapha continued farming until 2012 when she was 98-years-old. Mapha was also a competitive cornhusker and competed in at least 10 states throughout the United States and won countless awards.
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  • Rachel walks through her barn alongside four of her rescued dogs and a pony named Peaches. According to Rachel, there are very few types of animals that they won't rescue if they need a home, but for the most part Bella Run rescues horses, dogs and livestock. Right now, the rescue has two ducks, sheep, cats, 12 dogs, and many horses housed on the property.
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  • Katherine Harrison leads her goat, Blackjack, by the horns back to the goat pasture. Her goats had found a way to break through a rusted part of the gate and had begun to explore inside the barn near other goats and the hay.
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  • Delana Noggle, 9, gives her dad a thumbs-up as he backs the tractor up into the harvesting equipment. Delana's favorite thing to do on the farm is sit on her dad's lap and drive the tractor.
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  • Maria holds one of the 125 newly hatched baby chicks that she incubated inside of her home and then moved to her barn.
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  • Janice Brewer poses for a portrait with freshly harvested cucumbers on Way Farms in Waverly, Ohio. This is Janice's second year working on the farm. Through Americorps, Janice worked for the Community Food Initiative in Athens, Ohio.
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  • A small barn ornament hangs in the kitchen window of the Harrison Farm that has been in the family for five generations.
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  • Delana Noggle, 9, poses with her rabbit, Lucas, on the Noggle Family Farm in Haviland, Ohio. Delana helps her dad on the farm after school and during all school holidays.
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  • "Big Boy" stands in the field on the farm of Carie Starr in Thornville, Ohio. Big Boy is one of the two alpha bulls in the herd and only has one eye after a fight for dominance with Rain, the other bull.
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  • Katherine Harrison puts her overalls on over her clothing before going outside to feed her chickens and goats.
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  • Family pictures and paintings decorate the wall over the Harrison family piano. The piano means a lot to Katherine, as it is one of two things that her grandmother saved in a house fire years before. It makes her feel inspired and empowered. “Every time I walk by the piano I think I have no excuse to give up,” she says.
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  • Rachel Bendler, co-founder of Bella Run Equine,  rides a rescued Thoroughbred, Monarch, across their back yard with her German Shepard, Roman, in tow. Rachel started riding horses when she was 4-years-old and got her first horse when she was 12.
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  • Mandy Way wraps a rubber band around a group of beets that she had just harvested from the raised garden beds on Way Farms in Waverly, Ohio.
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  • Eliza leans over to hold her mom's arm during a homecooked meal of vegetables and farm raised beef.
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  • Dr. Lauren McPherson files down the sharp points of the teeth of the recently rescued horse, Murphy, at Bella Run Equine. Murphy was bought off of a kill buyer at Sugarcreek Horse Auction and had shown protectiveness of his food. Bella Run now believes that it has to do with the soreness of his mouth from sharp and loose teeth. Dr. McPherson fell in love with horses at the age of 7 when she learned to ride in Belgium. Her love has now transformed into a career in Equine Medicine. "My passion is horses," she remarks.
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  • Heidi climbs up into the skid loader at 4:30 am to start the day off. Heidi and Gretl often work over 12-hour days at the barn. Heidi says that the early mornings are never easy, because for a long time she did the night shifts and she still hasn’t adjusted.
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  • An empty laundry basket sits on Mapha Schaadt’s bed that’s set up in the living room. The living room gives Mapha access to her bed and a view of the fields from the window. Mapha no longer farms, but her life is still built around the property that she once farmed and the passion and pride that she gets from the agricultural industry.
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