I took a 50% pay cut to leave my sales job and work on a potato farm. I have no regrets.

07/02/2024, 8:20 PM
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I took a 50% pay cut to leave my sales job and work on a potato farm. I have no regrets.

Tyler Heppell

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tyler Heppell, a fifth-generation farmer from Heppell's Potato Corporation in Canada. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

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