Bruce Zollinger had a problem.
On the one hand he wanted to be a farmer. On the other hand, he didn’t want to go broke.
In the 21st century, he found it hard to be one without the other.
He’d come by his love of farming honestly, growing up on his parents’ farm in Tremonton, where he learned to love the land while experiencing the satisfaction that comes from growing things that feed the world.
When it was time to go to college, he majored in international agriculture at Utah State so he could become an even more proficient farmer.
But then came the snag. Shortly after marrying his “city girl” wife Julie — she’s from the metropolis of Orem — they returned to the farm in Tremonton, rolled a trailer onto the pasture and gave it a go on the family acreage. Soon enough, it became obvious there wasn’t