Description
NOTE: In 2005 the Agricultural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador created the “Century Farm Award” to honour farm families across the province who had farmed their land continuously for one hundred years or more and were still actively farming. Heritage NL agreed to post these listings on our website. Please note that these farms are NOT designated by Heritage NL. The listings are commemorative only. All content and images © Agricultural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador and used with the permission of award recipients. Information current as of 2006-2007.
White’s Farm
White’s Farm is located near Tompkins in the Codroy Valley. This family farm and its early development reflect the pattern of the many early French and Scottish immigrants who moved to this area in the mid 1800s from Nova Scotia.
The original farmer, Lizare White, came with his wife Judith from Cheticamp, Nova Scotia, in 1884. They cleared land and established a mixed farm, selling to local markets. And this has been the practice ever since: vegetables, beef, sheep. Their son, Gregory White, raised foxes for some years in the early part of the twentieth century. And Gregory’s son, Richard, took over the farm in the 1930s and continued as a mixed farmer, selling to local markets.
Richard’s son, Russell White, has been farming here for approximately fifty years now as the fourth generation on the land. He gave up beef and sheep about twenty years ago but continues to grow vegetables. He also grows hay as a cash crop, to sell locally.
