SHARLA MORTIMER
Owner
Mortimer Farms, Ranches & Nursery
Sharla has been a member of the Prescott community for over 30 years. Sharla, her husband Gary, and their four children, own and operate Mortimer Farms, Mortimer Ranches, and Mortimer Nursery. Sharla is currently the Yavapai County Farm Bureau President and was the Farm Bureau State Women’s Committee Chair for six years. She is passionate, she is resilient, she is driven, and she fights for what she believes in. On any given day she can be found working cattle, driving a tractor, staying up all night finishing the job, communicating with local, state, and national government representatives, hauling cattle, butchering poultry, volunteering at her local church, building buildings, being a saleswoman, checking cattle, harvesting crops, planning harvest festivals, and even teaching the community about what agriculture is. She says: “My life is filled with passion for safe and affordable food, a passion for the land and the animals that we are here to care for, and a passion to share our story with the community.”
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