Sarah Hoffmann is a second-generation farmer near Three Hills, Alta. Since 2011, Sarah has farmed full-time with her parents, Garry and Karen Weigum in their pedigree seed operation, Alect Seeds. She married Curtis Hoffmann, a farmer from Oyen in 2015, and now splits her time between the two operations.
Sarah is a dedicated pulse grower and comes by it naturally, as her father first tried yellow peas in 1991 along with the cereal crops he was growing at the time. “My Dad is curious and likes trying new things. It started with about 14 acres and grew from there,” said Sarah, adding farmers are always looking for ways to diversify their crop rotations.
They currently grow wheat, barley, flax, yellow peas, grass and recently added faba beans to the pedigree seed business. “The first year we tried faba beans was in 2013 and there was some buzz around that crop again,” said Sarah.
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