The Farmers Market, Delivered

Sep 5th, 2023

In the age of DoorDash and Instacart, the concept of getting groceries delivered to your doorstep is not unfamiliar. But for the Bickel family, which runs New Horizon Farm and Dairy in New Vienna, Ohio, it proved to be life-changing. 

Jackie and Donald Bickel inherited their dairy farm from Donald’s father, and they were raising their own kids in the dairy life. But, by 2018, Jackie and Donald were starting to talk about finding a way out. The Bickels sold their milk to a co-op and, economically, it wasn’t proving feasible. [continue reading]