Compiled by Eva Hallam Solberg
Published in PCN
“Dad really enjoyed working outside. He did things the hard way just
because he enjoyed working and for the exercise which came with it. He smiled a
lot while he worked.”
Oline Veseth Barta smiled, too, as she thought of her father, Mons
Veseth, who died a year ago. She remembers how her father became interested in
health foods before the idea had caught on extensively as it has now, and how
her mother began using whole wheat flour to bake bread. Her father liked boiled
potatoes and raised “close to two tons one year when he was past 80 years old.”