Donegan Family Dairy

The Donegans find inspiration in western Vermont’s farming traditions. “One of the joys I experience as part of my lifestyle is the connection I feel to the past.” This is Emily Donegan, a first-generation farmer reflecting on the journey she and her husband Joe began over a decade ago. “Though our lifestyle is a modern anomaly, it isn’t much different from the way it was for hundreds of years before.” Joe decided during college that the best thing he could do for the world was to raise his family on a farm. With a winter internship as his only experience, Joe started his operation with just four bred heifers and a group of calves.

Charlotte, Vermont