Mother, Janis McKinnon Gitlin, and my father, Robert Gitlin, later established a small farm in South Price, where I grew up after leaving Hiawatha at nine years old. Their lifetime of dedication to agriculture, land, and family formed the foundation of our Eden Sky Ranch operations today. Their unwavering work ethic and love for Carbon County became the bedrock for the vision we now carry forward.

My mother, Janis McKinnon Gitlin, was a dedicated teacher who spent 30 years shaping young minds in the Carbon County school system. My father, Robert Gitlin, had a remarkable journey—beginning as a teacher, then working as a coal miner and later at the local power plant, before returning to education later in life. Through it all, my dad  remained 'Farmer Bob' at heart, deeply committed to his hobby farm, his family and his animals. Their lifetime of dedication to agriculture, land, family, and education formed the foundation of our Eden Sky Ranch operations today. Their work ethic and love for Carbon County became the bedrock for the vision we now carry forward.