Meet the Farmer and the Teachers!

Harvest Acres Pumpkin Patch

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Meet the Farmer and the Teachers!

Family Farmer Owned and Operated.

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Farmer Jeff Yribarren

Jeff Yribarren is married to Wendy and has 4 children. He grew up in Tranquility, CA (15 miles west of Kerman). He graduated from Tranquility High School and went to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo where he majored in Ag Business and graduated in 1997. He returned to the family farm where he farmed row crops and learned fluent spanish. Five years ago he established his own business, J. Yribarren Farms. Over the years, he has grown such crops as cotton, tomatoes, sugarbeets, barley, wheat, seed alfalfa, safflower, sunflowers, garbonzo beans, and corn. Two years ago he ventured into permanent crops with grapes and now is excited to share his latest crop, pumpkins. Jeff's love for pumpkins began in 4-H. Jeff is a young farmer who enjoys learning and applying the latest technologies such as GPS satelite guidance, drip irrigation, and fertigation. Jeff says, "Hopefully this patch gives the kids an awareness of how their food is grown and where it comes from. Also, I hope they have fun learning about agriculture."

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Teacher Wendy Yribarren

Wendy Yribarren is married to Jeff and is a mom of 4 kids (including triplets). She grew up in Orange County and graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 1997 with a degree in Liberal Studies. She earned her teaching degree from Fresno State. She taught in Central Unified for 4 years until she took a break to raise her family. She and Jeff then established their own farming operation, J. Yribarren Farms. Wendy does the bookkeeping for their ranch. Wanting to combine her two loves, teaching and farming, she decided to open "Harvest Acres Pumpkin Patch." Wendy says, "Growing up in Southern CA, I knew very little about farming. This pumpkin patch allows me to teach children all that I have learned while living in Fresno County, the #1 ag producing county in the state. I am excited to share our farming way of life with not only my children, but yours and I know we will have a FUN time doing it!!"

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Teacher Susie Hergenroeder

Susie Hergenroeder is married to Ryan and is a mom of 3 kids. She has lived in Kerman for the past 12 years. She graduated from Sierra High School and Fresno State with a degree in Liberal Studies. She earned her teaching degree from National University. She has taught at numerous valley schools for over 13 years. Her many experiences with different schools and age levels have equipped and encouraged her to always try new opportunites. When presented with the opportunity to be a partner in the Pumpkin Patch, she was excited to share her love of teaching and creativity with the children of the Central Valley. Susie says, "I look forward to sharing my favorite time of year with you. We have an educational, hands-on and fun-filled day awaiting you at Harvest Acres."

CALL (559) 285-6122 EMAIL: harvestacres@kermantel.net