You hardly can find anyone more local and committed to working in Clark County than Tom Hughes. Having worked at Orchards Feed Mill for 23 years, he has seen the landscape of Clark County change and, with that, the focus of the store’s retail business. It now caters to the hobby and urban farmer alongside the store’s lifelong customers, who still come to buy livestock feed and fencing. “I’m proud to work in Clark County,” says Hughes.
Name: Tom Hughes.
Residence city: Amboy.
Employer: Orchards Feed Mill, 10902 N.E. Rosewood Ave., Vancouver. 360-892-3001. www.orchardsfeed.com
Age: 53.
Educational/professional background: After graduating from Ridgefield High School I worked at a local feed store loading trucks and waiting on customers before joining Orchards Feed in 1992 as the store manager. I’d grown up on a farm playing around with horses and doing farm stuff. It’s the life I’ve always had.
Personal/business philosophy: Give good customer service. We’ve been able to expand from 3,700 to 17,000 square feet of retail space because we’ve changed from offering just livestock feed to all kinds of food and supplies for pets, chickens, rabbits, wildlife, and so on. We advise and help hobby farmers and those who are new to raising farm animals.
