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Dorothy Rosen

By Martha Woodroof

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wmra/local-wmra-840943.mp3

Augusta County, VA – Dorothy Rosen's family has been farming the Shenandoah Valley since the Valley was the frontier.

Although Ms. Rosen has 2 older brothers, when her mother died in 1970, she left the family's Augusta County house and land to Dorothy.

Since then, Ms. Rosen has run a prize winning cattle operation on her own... along with raising 2 children.

WMRA listener Laura Thurman worked with Dorothy Rosen on land conservation easements, to ensure her farm will remain a farm.

On Ms. Thurman's recommendation, WMRA's Martha Woodroof visited Dorothy Rosen at home and produced the following for WMRA's occasional series, One Person's Voice.

Marth Woodroof has retired from WMRA and is now spending her time as a full-time writer and published author.