About This Farm

It all started in 1945, when Norris and Laura Short purchased the original farm property and Valley View Farm was born. They operated a small dairy farm and raised 9 children, all of whom did daily chores on the farm and graduated from Chimacum High School. Many of the children went on to receive advanced degrees and moved away from the area (farm life, with it’s unknowns and constant chores, isn’t a life for everyone). In 1970, Roger (the second to eldest son) purchased 88 cows in the diary her