ABOUT US

Fourteen years ago Sam and Mary Jane Roop wanted to do a family project with their three small children. They wanted to incorporate the farm, family, and agricultural education.

In 1996 Brookfield Pumpkins was born. We started with one acre of pumpkins and gourds. We found our first year that the public loved the experience of being on the farm.

As our number of pumpkins grew so did our children. Julie, Lauren, and Jake were all in elementary school when the pumpkin patch started. The girls painted faces for a quarter, while Jake helped by picking gourds and pumpkins.

Julie has now completed college with a degree in agricultural business and education and is a huge asset to our operation.She is now in charge of our social media and marketing. During her summers home from Grove City College Lauren has used her artistic skills and advanced from painting faces to painting some beautiful projects you can find at the patch. This will be Jake’s first fall away from the pumpkin patch as he starts his freshman year at Wheaton College. He did design and cut our “Corn Maze for the Cure” before he started college this year.

Brookfield Farm has been in the Ramsburg/Roop family for over 100 years. The Roop children represent the sixth generation to be raised on the farm. Sam stays busy 12 months out of the year working full time on the farm. He raises corn, soybeans, wheat, and hay. He also raises dairy replacement heifers and dry cows for a local dairy farm.