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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\u201cWe had an old tobacco barn on the farm, and she turned that into a venue barn,\u201d Westbrook said. \u201cShe stays booked all the time \u2014 weddings, events, birthday parties \u2014 she has a traveling petting zoo, she can load everything up and bring it to you. She does really good with that, and she does hayrides. I mean, she has a little cart that goes behind a horse \u2014 she can do cart rides. I mean, she does a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone that comes to the events enjoys themselves, Westbrook said. The success there, alongside the farm as a whole, is the result of many years of hard, dedicated work by the whole family. Farming may not be easy or glamorous work, but there is always a visible outcome at the end of a season\u2019s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is rewarding to watch a crop grow and harvest it by the end of the year and see your hard work pay off,\u201d Westbrook said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each year is different, and the success of a farm can depend on events entirely out of a farmer\u2019s control \u2014 weather especially. A drought or excessive rain can mean a net loss that year. There is no guaranteed paycheck. Still, Westbrook said, it\u2019s a good way of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt teaches you good values, to respect \u2026 the land and animals and taking care of everything,\u201d Westbrook said. \u201cIt draws you closer to each other, knowing that [income]\u2019s not guaranteed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Westbrook family aims to keep their farm alive for as long as possible while continuing to serve the Bowling Green and Warren County communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Part of that involves respecting and caring for the many acres of land they own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou want to stay profitable. You want to keep the land in the best condition \u2014 the way you found it \u2014 keep it the way you keep it, don\u2019t let it erode, and we do all the no-till practices and stuff like that,\u201d Westbrook said. \u201cWe want to keep it profitable and keep it in the family.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n As a local business, Westbrook Farms has kept the community fed for generations, and the Westbrook family plans to continue to do so for generations to come. Who knows? Your next meal may be from these very pastures. GN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CAMELS, ALPACAS, and kangaroos live side by side with cows, horses, and other farm animals on rolling hills that stretch across the Bowling Green countryside. Some live their best lives out in the fields, while some find excitement in traveling to meet children across the state, and others show off their natural charm at local […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":22866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/bowling-green\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/08\/2-2-1024x683.png\")
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