The Fisher Family
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Marv and Sherri Fisher
Marv and Sherri Fisher own and operate Bent Creek Farm. It is here that the Lord blessed them with the privilege of raising their 5 sons and 2 daughters. Their five oldest are now married and only the 2 youngest live on the farm. They enjoy frequent visits from their tribe of grandkids and love passing on their farming heritage and love for Gods creation to the next generation. Marv and Sherri have a genuine love for people and they enjoy using the farm as a place to teach and serve others. They are passionate about what they do and do it all with integrity and joy!
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Lydia Fisher
Lydia Fisher is one of the last of the Fisher children that resides on Bent Creek Farm. She enjoys helping around the farm in her spare time, and her infectious smile brings joy to whatever the task! She stays very busy as a real estate agent in the local communities and is passionate about her job and the people she serves. Her farming roots have established a hard work ethic that she puts to use daily!
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Isaiah Fisher
Isaiah Fisher is the youngest of the Fisher Family and is the righthand man on the farm! His long days and endless hours of hard work are vital for the Bent Creek Farm Operation. He is passionate about raising good cattle, constantly learning more about pasture management, and has a desire to create the most efficient and sustainable livestock and land. Isaiah loves to hunt, fish, and enjoy all of Gods creation in the great outdoors.
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Molly Fisher
Molly married Marv and Sherri’s son, Jacob Fisher, in 2020. She takes care of the communications, office work, calf registration, grassfed beef sales, farm website and photography.
Bent Creek Farm is nestled in the rolling hills of south-central VA. After growing up on a dairy farm in Lancaster PA, and several years in construction, my wife Sherri & I purchased this VA farm in 1995. Within a few months we began grazing Angus, Herford and Charolais cattle. Over the years our 7 children helped turn the low-quality pastures of the farm into a beautiful, diverse landscape of grasses and forbs. We went from several years of weekly pasture rotations to now daily moves of mostly Angus, Red Angus and South Poll cattle.
Soil life is a very important aspect of healthy farming practices. Our cattle are selected for natural resistance to parasites, and are able to gain well on a fescue-based forage with a nice diversity of many other warm and cool season plants. Fresh clean water and daily pasture moves help our cattle enjoy life and are very comfortable around people.
The base of our cattle enterprise is cow/calf pairs. We fence-line wean all of our calves and finish out only the top females as replacements, the rest are sold as stockers or finished and sold as grass finished beef. We prefer early maturing, small to medium framed cows at around 1,100 lbs.
To our family, farming has always included wildlife considerations. As our soil and pastures improved, so has the diversity of wild game and birds. We enjoy watching all of the wildlife; and deer, turkey and bear are just a normal part of our dinner table fare. Raising cattle in a grass based, soil health environment has many benefits. Excellent tasting, healthy meat, is just one of the great rewards.
-Marv Fisher
