Jamie Tiralla grew up about 15 minutes away from Monnett Farms, the beef cattle and sheep operation in Calvert County, Md., that she and her husband Benson run while raising their five children who are between the ages of two and 13.
But it took her a while to get there.
After college, she went to California to study gemology at the Gemological Institute of America. She moved back home to Maryland to work at a jewelry store her friends had opened. She did appraisals and helped with a custom jewelry business.
When she met Benson and discovered he’s a farmer, she was interested about what that meant.