[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 125 (Friday, September 29, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S10667]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      RECOGNIZING HEDGEBROOK FARM

 Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, I am pleased to acknowledge 
Hedgebrook Farm, in Bartonville, VA. Hedgebrook Farm has been owned and 
operated by the same family since its establishment over 100 years ago.
  For the past half century, the 110-acre farm has offered amusing 
attractions such as a pumpkin patch, as well as a beautiful log home. 
Hedgebrook Farm also provides educational school tours and a young 
farmers' camp.
  I would like to acknowledge the current managers of Hedgebrook Farm, 
Kitty Hockman Nicolas and her daughter, Shannon N. Triplett, for their 
exceptional work upholding their family's original commitment to 
preserve the environment, educate local youth, and maintain a 
pesticide-free, hormone- and antibiotic-free farm.
  The Hedgebrook Farm continues to perform outstanding work in serving 
its local community. I congratulate its owners on over a century of 
success and thank them for the work they are doing to make Virginia a 
better place to live, work, and raise a family.

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