40 Under Forty 2024: Andrew Shepherd, a man of many talents
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Andrew Shepherd
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40 Under Forty winners and alumni who visited Red Apple Farm in Phillipston were (from left) Racquel Knight (Class of 2024), Ashley Randle (Class of 2022), Tori Buerschaper (Class of 2024), Nancy Rose (Class of 2010), Albert Rose (Class of 2010), and Andrew Shepherd (Class of 2024).
- Title President
- Company Bayberry Hill Water Co., in Townsend
- Residence Townsend
- Birthplace Leominster
- College UMass Amherst
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A business owner, farmer, firefighter, and active community member, Shepherd is a bit of a renaissance man.
Not yet 30 years old, he is the president of Bayberry Hill Water Co., a water delivery company serving communities in North Central Massachusetts. Taking over the business in 2019 shortly after receiving a master’s degree in resource economics, Shepherd was tasked with guiding the company through the COVID-19 pandemic, a rough time for companies relying on providing services to offices. Overcoming that unprecedented challenge, Shepherd has since expanded the business's company base, adding three additional employees in the process. Shepherd also works at his family’s turkey farm in Townsend, which has been operating for more than a century. In 2020, when the region’s only slaughterhouse announced it was shuttering, creating supply chain uncertainty for local farmers, Shepherd Family Farm stepped up, investing in a new poultry processing facility. During the Thanksgiving season, the facility processes more than 4,000 birds and employs about 40 workers. When not dealing with water or turkeys, Shepherd serves as an on-call firefighter for Townsend and as a member of the planning board.
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