Acres of Almonds

摘要

As a child, Scott Soiseth ate lunch in the same cafeterias he now manages as foodservice director, in the 13,800-student Turlock Unified School District. After high school, Soiseth took classes in firefighting and business, before starting his own restaurant. He sold the establishment eight years later but recently bought it back. One constant in his life has been working on a 20-acre almond farm. "The ranch has been in the family-it was my wife's parents' place-for about 40 years. My wife planted it as a young girl. I didn't farm before this; I married into it. I was a city boy. I've been married to my wife for almost 30 years and I just started farming when I was 16 and dating her. To be with my wife, I had to go out in the field and rake as well. She would get me to do the hard stuff so she wouldn't have to.