The U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Delaware District Office has named Woodside Farm Creamery as Delaware's Family-owned Business Of The Year!
The phrase “family-owned business” really means something at Woodside Farm Creamery; the Mitchells have owned the Hockessin dairy farm since 1796.
“That’s one of the reasons we’re still here, because nobody wants to say ‘stop,’” said Jim Mitchell, 47, a seventh-generation dairy farmer. In fact, the creamery -- a summertime "must do" for local families -- opened in 1998 as a way to keep the family business afloat, he said.
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