Local farm basks in international fame as photos of cows on social media go viral
Story Date: 7/16/2018

 

Source: ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, 7/13/18


Walking through a grocery store in the middle of South Dakota, a lady approached Adam Hopson. “You’re Baby James’ daddy, aren’t you,” she asked Hopson. Surprised, Adam told her he was, and the two got to talking. Baby James is not a human baby.
He’s a Scottish Highland Cow who was raised on Hopson’s farm, Happy Hens and Highlands, in Yancey County. Adam and his wife, Emily, have grown a successful business as hobby farmers, breeding and selling Highland cows across the country -- all with the help of an unlikely tool: social media.

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