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By Monty Tayloe
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Sunnyside Farms is known for promoting sustainable organic fanning as a valid economic enterprise, but there have been recent indications that the multi-million dollar business may be seeking a new direction. Outside of Rappahannock County,one of Sunnyside’s most popular offerings has always been their Kobe beef. The high quality Kobe beef had come from the special strain of Wagyu cattle raised at Sunnyside, but this is about to change. Sunnyside Farms has decided to stop producing their Kobe beef, touching off rumors that the prominent business could be leaving Rappahannock County.
“I would disagree with those rumors,” said Sunnyside General Manager Gustavo Diaz.
However, in an email to The Rappahannock News, Sunnyside owner David Cole referred to a shift in “attention to our Maui operations,” a reference to Maui Land & Pineapple, of which Cole is the CEO.
“This year we shipped nearly all of our remaining Virginia cattle and have dropped several leases that we have maintained in the county over the years. This resulted in the elimination of three jobs,” wrote Cole.
According to consultant Tamara Waldo, a former general manager of Sunnyside Farms, the company decided to move out of the beef business in the first quarter of fiscal 2006.
Consequences
“We are working on streamlining what we are looking to do with
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