40 Under 40, Class of 2020

Benjamin Sklarczyk

Company

Sklarczyk Seed Farm LLC

Job Title

CEO, COO

Accomplishments

Ben Sklarczyk owns Sklarczyk Seed Farm LLC., a third-generation family farm with his wife Alison and their two children- daughter Morgan, 7, and son Dane, 5. Under Ben’s leadership SSF produces over 6 million virus free seed potatoes of over 100 different varieties each year. They have a 100,000 sq. ft facility of greenhouses, tissue culture labs and potato storage's. SSF also grows 1,200 acres of corn, wheat, soybeans, oats and malting barley.




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