Farm ID: TTTF, CCCT

Gladys & Charles Turner

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the turner family

The entire family lends a helping hand on the farm.

Free range

The Turners pride themselves in creating a vast and safe area for their chickens to roam.

Gladys the gardener

Outside of raising chickens, Gladys enjoys gardening and making herbal medicine.

A sunny afternoon by the pond

In their downtime, the Turners enjoy fishing in the pond on their property.

Enrichment structures

The enrichment structures at Triple T Farm create an engaging place for the chickens to play- or just take it easy in the shade.

About the farmer…

The land a family inhabits holds more than just plants, dirt, and rocks- it holds memories and traditions, too. It holds the catalog of joy and pain accumulated over a lifetime, everyone’s experiences good and bad. This is certainly true for Charles and Gladys Turner of Triple T Farm and C&C Turner Farm. Charles started growing turkeys back in 1998 with his previous wife Patsy and their three sons. They continued on this journey for eleven years until Patsy’s sudden and unexpected passing. But the land provided new opportunities for growth, and eventually Charles remarried and started growing chickens with his current wife, Gladys.

They’re excited about starting yet another chapter with Farmer Focus. The Turners are hard workers. They both recently retired from jobs outside of the farm: Charles, a carpenter and concrete layer by trade, served as a school bus driver in Page County, and Gladys enjoyed a long career in nursing. Retirement has not slowed them down, however, as they’re always busy tending the birds, gardening, crafting, decorating, making herbal medicines, and hunting together.

On their serene farms in beautiful Shenandoah, Virginia, the Turners are embracing sustainable practices like investing in eco-friendly materials for their outdoor access areas and repurposing pallets and other materials for access doors and shade structures. They enjoy an annual reunion at their pond each year, which includes a croquet tournament, fishing, food, family, and friends.