72-year-old bought an 'overgrown' Christmas tree farm in 2010—now it's a 'Hallmark setting' for families

Agricultura

As Bob Schrader approached retirement , he wasn't planning to take it easy. For 37 years, Schrader worked as the assistant director of the center for agriculture at UMass Cooperative Extension, part of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Five years before he retired, he bought a Christmas tree farm. "I had good experiences working on a farm when I was younger — much, much younger," Schrader, 72, says. Now, with the help of his son Jake, he owns and operates Chestnut Mountain Christmas

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