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Ed Bell
A "Berry" Good Speaker
From the University of Hard Knocks School of Life Long Learning
An "Outstanding"
America Farmer
Ed Bell is a farmer from Hagerstown, Indiana. He is a family man, speaker,
disability consultant, and farmer. Ed grew up on the family farm, graduated
Purdue University's Short course, and returned to his farm to pursue his dreams.
In 1982 at the age of twenty-one Ed survived a violent criminal attack and
sustained a gunshot wound, which left him permanently, paralyzed.
Adversity has not been a stranger to Ed. Adversity continues to be a regular
visitor to the Bell family, including a fire that destroyed their old log home
in 1995. Ed Bell has endured fiery trials of life that could have left him
broken, but instead have made him stronger.
Ed Bell is a farmer at heart. He enjoys working on the family farm raising
strawberries. He also enjoys cultivating people by sowing the optimistic seeds
of hope, humor, faith, and perseverance as he speaks to audiences across the
nation. Bell's speeches are harvested from real life experiences. Ed has
overcome many storms and now uses his experiences to encourage others.
Ed has won many awards for his conquering attitude. He has been featured in
national magazines, and TV programs. Ed has brought his homespun style of
optimism to conferences and seminars across the nation. He has spoken to
hundreds of groups since 1990.
Ed Bell can motivate and inspire your conference, seminar, business, school,
church, and family. Ed can teach your group how to cultivate adversity with the
tools of joy, laughter, faith, and optimism in order to harvest a crop of
encouragement, contentment, and integrity.
For Scheduling and investment please contact:
Ed Bell
16447 State Road 38
Hagerstown, IN 47346
765 489 5753
765 489 6136 Fax - Relay 711
www. Eat More Strawberries.com
He has delivered us from such a deadly peril,
II Corinthians l:10
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Welcome to Bell’s Strawberry Farm.
Our farm has been in our family since 1969. Presently the farm is owned by Ed, Debbie and Nellie Bell. We have been raising strawberries since 1985.
Ed has lived on this farm since he was seven years old. Ed is a graduate of Hagerstown High School, and Purdue University’s Agricultural Short course. Ed manages and operates all of the farming enterprises. Ed uses a standing wheelchair and an electric scooter because of a spinal cord injury which he received in 1982. Ed also works part time as a professional public speaker and as a consultant for the Standing Wheelchair Company.
Debbie was raised as a city girl in Indianapolis. Debbie married Ed in 1983 and moved onto the farm. Debbie is involved a great deal with the farming operation, primarily with sales. In addition to being a mother and farm wife, Debbie is a part time emergency room RN at a hospital in Indianapolis.
Nellie is a full time farm kid. She enjoys exploring God’s creation, helping out with chores. Nellie is home shooled and she enjoys, 4H cake decorating, showing dogs, and playing piano. Additionally, Nellie is active in church and FFA.
The farmhouse that we live in was built in 1996. We call our home “Beracha” which is a Hebrew word for “praise” from a Bible story located in 1st Chronicles chapter 20. The original family farmhouse burnt in 1995 and was located on the same sight. The old house was built in the 1820s. It was a two-story log cabin. Ask the Bells to show you some of the salvaged hand hewed logs.
Our family has been no stranger to hardships. It is our belief that adversity and a trust in God, is what makes agricultural people like us so strong. It is also our belief that we are just God’s stewards of this farm and the land; consequently the strawberries that our family raises for your family are just part of our mission. As stewards we feel it is our duty to grow the best tasting, highest quality affordable, strawberries the safest way we know how for your family, all while providing a sustainable income for our own family.
Our farm is 72 acres in size. We raise several acres of strawberries in addition to asparagus, and black raspberries. Depending on the time of your visit we may have a litter or two of AKC Doberman puppies too. The strawberries that we raise are grown in a well-drained clay loam soil. They are irrigated from well water that lies trapped in a gravel aquifer forty feet below the surface. We plant our strawberries a year before they are harvested. The first year we pick off each and every bloom by hand to assure that the next year’s crop will be of good quality and quantity. All of our cultivation is safely practiced because in addition to eating our own berries, our family also lives on the same soil and drinks the same water as the strawberries.
We hope that you enjoy our strawberries as much as we enjoy providing them for you. If you have any questions or comments about our strawberries or our farm please take the time to ask Ed, Debbie or Nellie. It is our policy that it is “people over program”.
We would like to thank you for “Picking” our farm to raise your strawberries.
Ed Bell
16447 St. Rd. 38, Hagerstown, IN 47346
765-489-5753
765-489-6136 Fax
Relay 711
www.EatMoreStrawberries.com
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