Kentucky farmer Suzanne Cecil White has always been a go-getter, eager for a challenge. After teaching high school math for 10 years, she returned to Owensboro where her family operates a diversified farm. In 2011, the summer after moving and having her first child, a magazine article inspired a career pivot. She ran a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) for 10 years and now manages a dozen greenhouses of vegetables as well as the distributor relationships that get her produce to restaurants and schools in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. She also has an event venue down the road from the home farm.
Outside her venue a sign reads, “Imagine the possible.” She explained, “It’s just a reminder of, you know, just try. You can only be told no.”
A big “no” was painted on her dad’s face last July when White asked him to participate in an upcoming local event. “Initially …