Healdsburg Speakers Share Farm Town Traditions

HEALDSBURG, CA — Two Healdsburg women will be sharing stories that stretch from an immigrant family’s Westside Road dairy farm to generations of local children raised in an earlier version of Healdsburg that is celebrated today.

Elizabeth Bucher and Lillie Deas will reminisce over images and stories of her family in a talk,“Farm Town Forever: Dairy Farms & 4-H, FFA and HFFCF Traditions,” presented by the Healdsburg Museum.

Bucher will recount her family’s experience building a dairy farm on Westside Road and describe how the county’s dairy industry changed over the years.

Deas will explore Healdsburg’s agricultural traditions from the perspective of growing up in a community that continues to value agricultural education and culture.

Her talk will focus on the role that 4-H and FFA clubs have played in local life, along with the annual Future Farmers Country Fair, a longstanding Healdsburg tradition that brings the community’s agricultural heritage into each new generation.

The program seeks to highlight how farming shaped more than Healdsburg’s landscape and economy. Agricultural clubs, family farms, and community traditions also influenced how generations of local children grew up and connected with their hometown.

The Aug. 22 talk is part of the Healdsburg Museum’s history programming.