For Cook Farms, the mission is simple but powerful. Honor the past, adapt in the present, and fight to ensure that the land remains a place where future generations can continue to grow.
By John Riddle, Contributing Journalist, Delaware LIVE
Seven generations later, a Newark farm continues to adapt, endure, and invite the community to be part of its future
In a fast-growing corner of Newark, where housing developments continue to expand outward, one family farm stands as both a reminder of the past and a hopeful vision for the future. Cook Farms, located along Frazer Road, has been in the same family since 1855. For more than 170 years, generation after generation has worked the land, each one passing along not just acreage, but a deep sense of responsibility…