Nearly two decades later, the family business manages thousands of acres of fruit and vegetables on farms in Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, and West Virginia.ĭubbed "America's Pumpkin Queen" by the New York Times, she sells millions of pumpkins annually. After a hardscrabble adolescence, she learned to survive and eventually thrive off the land on which she was raised.Īs a teenager, with a healthy dose of moxie, she began negotiating fresh produce deals with the nation's largest retailers. Sarah was born in Southern Illinois and raised in the small farming community of Orchardville.Īt age 16, Sarah was determined to escape rural poverty and started a fresh produce delivery business out of the back of an old pickup truck. Sarah Frey is founding farmer and CEO of Frey Farms.
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