She’s the shepherd to a flock of 800 sheep, which graze and fertilize apple and cherry orchards on her husband’s family farm in Norfolk County in Southwestern Ontario
People thought you were crazy for keeping sheep outside year-round. Why?
In this part of Ontario, there aren’t a lot of livestock-grazing operations. Over the last 20 or 30 years, most people have been keeping sheep or other livestock inside the barn for most of the year, other than maybe for a few months of the summertime. But my husband, Brett Schuyler, and I researched it and found a farm operation on Amherst Island up by Kingston. They were raising sheep outdoors, year-round, and so that gave us a lot of confidence. They became great mentors to us over time.
We planned to set it up at my husband’s family farm. So my husband’s parents, they were really interested to see what was going to happen. We had to propose a business plan to my father-in-law about incorporating the sheep into the farm operation.
The last name makes people chuckle sometimes, I’ve even had someone ask if that is my real name or if I changed my name to match the occupation. So it’s a bit of an ironic twist that I’m looking after sheep with that last name.Stay ahead in your career. We have a weekly Careers newsletter to give you guidance and tips on career management, leadership, business education and more.
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