American Essence

I’m honored to be featured in the April 2023 issue of American Essence! The article, titled ‘Entrepreneur Mary Heffernan on Building a Fulfilling Life with Hard Work and Ingenuity,’ dives into our big move to the ranch and several of our entrepreneurial endeavors leading up to Five Marys Farms.

You can read the full article here - https://www.americanessence.com/10660_10660.html

Thank you, American Essence!

Entrepreneur Mary Heffernan on Building a Fulfilling Life with Hard Work and Ingenuity

by Hazel Atkins

For Mary Heffernan, being an entrepreneur is a lifestyle, one that demands complete attention and commitment—and, sometimes, a willingness to sleep on the floor.

At age 44, she and her husband, Brian, run Five Marys Farm, a ranch in Siskiyou County, California, with free-range, pasture-raised Black Angus cattle, Berkshire hogs, and Navajo-Churro sheep. They also run an online and brick-and-mortar shop, a restaurant and bar, and a butchery; and they offer two online courses, teaching small business essentials to budding entrepreneurs and ranch skills to kids. Juggling all of this, while raising four daughters (all named Mary), may seem ambitious, but Heffernan has been on this journey all her life. She has had, in total, 19 to 20 businesses along the way.

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