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Polis sells his lambs year-round,
with larger numbers sold during special
holidays and events, including Mus-
lim and Orthodox Christian holidays,
as well as sporting events. Last year,
he sold nine lambs over Super Bowl
weekend. On average, he sells about 70
each year.
As the sun is setting on the horizon,
Polis is back at the farm again, check-
ing in on the animals and dialoguing
with Ethan on the progress of the barn.
Like his dad, Ethan is on the farm ev-
ery chance he gets. “Before we got all
this going, he was never interested in
animal science,” says Polis. “Now he is
studying to become a vet.”
Ethan recounts a particularly mem-
orable moment when one of the guard
llamas got a parasite in its eye. He had
to remove the parasite and then wran-
gle the llama down twice a day to ad-
minister drops. “I helped save that
llama’s eye,” he says. “I really love that
farm. Right now, I run the whole thing
when I am not in school. And it’s a way
cooler job than a lot of my friends have.”
Polis is hopeful that Ethan will want
to take over the farm operations one
day, but both say it is too soon to tell.
That doesn’t stop Polis from looking to
expand the family farm; he already has
his eye on another 47 acres off Camp
Far West Reservoir. “It’s in a beautiful
area,” he says with a wistful smile.
The sun’s crimson glow has nearly
faded, but Polis is finishing up some
last-minute tasks before he hops in the
car to go teach his legal vocabulary class
for grad students at UC Davis School of
Law. Ethan stays behind, working until
the light is completely gone. n
Laurie Lauletta-Boshart is a contribut-
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lications, Fortune 500 companies, small
business and higher education. She has
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