![Members of Sunnyside Farms (seated) with their certificate.](/sites/default/files/styles/11to5_320x145/public/media/images/2018/Sunnyside-Farms-certificate.jpg?itok=xJWB8oj0)
Centennial Farms & Ranches
Sunnyside Farms
La Plata County
Annie Mason, grandmother to current owner Karen Zink, filed the homestead for Sunnyside Farm in 1900, then had to dig a mile long ditch by hand to bring water in order to farm.
Sunnyside Farm is the largest certified organic farm in La Plata County for their hay. The farm also has a pasture for cattle and sheep.
![Man on a tractor at Sunnyside Farms.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-08/sunnyside_man_tractor.jpg?itok=nOh3AYCd)
Man on a tractor at Sunnyside Farms.
![Historic image of man standing in front of a log and adobe cabin in the snow.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-08/sunnyside_cabin.jpg?itok=12CMgKZt)
A man standing in front of a cabin.
![Historic photograph showing two men and a small boy at Sunnyside Farms.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-08/sunnyside_men_boy.jpg?itok=3AHu6WhY)
Two men and a small boy at Sunnyside Farms.
![Historic photograph showing a girl a girl feeding chickens on Sunnyside Farms.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-08/sunnyside_more_chickens.jpg?itok=2k3JlkJa)
A girl feeds chickens on Sunnyside Farms.
![A man on horseback on Sunnyside Farms.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-08/sunnyside_man_on_horse.jpg?itok=OdD0ON_a)
Man on horseback.
![Black-and-white photo fo a cow and her calf on Sunnyside Farms.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-08/sunnyside_cow_calf.jpg?itok=5Mn2T7af)
A cow and her calf on Sunnyside Farms.
![Historic image of cattle.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-08/sunnyside_cattle.jpg?itok=EnEsSsR3)
Cattle on Sunnyside Farms.
![Black-and-white photo of boy in a cattle corral at Sunnyside Farms.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-08/sunnyside_cow_boy.jpg?itok=-DjQ7BYV)
Boy in a corral at Sunnyside Farms.
![Snow and ice crystals on trees and the ground along a fenceline.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-08/sunnyside_snowy_snapshot.jpg?itok=7fR2QdEO)
Snowy day.
![A sheep makeover.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-08/sunnyside_sheep_makeover.jpg?itok=zuEapkP2)
A sheep makeover.
![Historic photo showing some of the early buildings on Sunnyside Farms.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-08/sunnyside_bldgs_hist.jpg?itok=iQWdDxZP)
Some of the early buildings on Sunnyside Farms.
![Historic phot showing a woman feeding the chickens.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-08/sunnyside_chickens.jpg?itok=LjaLP-y-)
A woman feeding the chickens.
![Members of the Sunnyside Farms families with their Centennial Farms sign.](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/2018-08/sunnyside-family-portrait.jpg?itok=nCBxabKA)
Members of the Sunnyside Farms families with their Centennial Farms sign.
![Farmers pose with a cow in a black and white photo](/sites/default/files/styles/3to2_870x580/public/media/images/2017/sunnyside.jpg?h=ecb1b2b8&itok=eUBSVmFV)
Farmers pose with a cow.