Meals in the Field continued Thursday as we made our 3rd delivery, just south of Winkler, to Suderman Bros Ltd.! Even though there was no work on the field during the day, the farm was happy to have Pizza Haven pizza and salad, along with Sun Valley Co-op drinks and dessert for supper, courtesy of Meridian MFG.

After we finished supper, we got to catch up with Dennis Suderman, Owner and President of Suderman Bros Ltd., and he gave us a quick history lesson on the inception of the company. "My father Peter and his brother Frank started farming together back in the '50's. One of the first things they did, they actually collected potatoes on the field from other potato farmers and sold them. That's how they got their start. Then together they started their own potato farm and from there Suderman Bros Ltd. started."

Dennis has been involved with the family farm for many years; since he was 9, and with those many years of planting and harvesting, comes many stories of childhood memories as well, "At haying time, I remember getting in a tractor with a hay wagon behind in and driving off the yard. The steering was a little wonky, I guess, and I ended up in the ditch first thing. Because I was so young, I guess they couldn't scold me too badly, but it was a very memorable experience; 50 years later and I still remember it!"

We also got to sit down with Tom Suderman, the latest generation to take over the family farm, and he told us why he chose to follow in his dad's footsteps and become a farmer, "There are days you sometimes wonder why you chose it, but I think a lot of times, you can't imagine doing anything else; it's just something that I think is in you, and you just want to be out there. I like making things grow, I like working on the equipment, I love driving big stuff and the technology's changing every year. It's exciting and it's fun."

With Suderman Bros Ltd. moving throughout the generations, Tom says that the family aspect is something he treasures most, "I live 300 ft. away from where I work, (my kids) love coming with me in the combine. We can fit the whole family in there sometimes. There's long days where you're working hard and you're away from home, and it's nice to have that connection once in a while, where my family can come and join me."

Thank you to Meridian MFG for making it possible for us to deliver Pizza Haven and Sun Valley Co-op food and drinks, and a big thank you to Suderman Bros Ltd. for all the hard work you do to feed millions of families around the world!

Check out the video below for highlights and to see what the Suderman Bros Ltd. favorite thing about farming is!

Not only a video, we got to snap some great pictures as well!