HAPPINESS FARMS, INC.
LAKE PLACID, FLORIDA

The Happiness Farms Story Paul Phypers, Sr. was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1903. He graduated from Case Western University, and played semi-pro ball for the Cleveland Panthers. Paul enjoyed building things, and selling things, but most of all he enjoyed growing things. Despite the depression of the early 30’s, he managed to purchase a 100-acre potato farm in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Paul named it Happiness Farms . To supplement his income, Paul sold tractors for the Cleveland Tractor Company of Euclid, Ohio during the winter season. The most popular model was a ‘narrow track’, ideal for cultivating vegetables. During the winter months, Paul called on customers in Florida, where farming continued year round. Paul partnered with Bill Melvin to grow potatoes on 300 acres of a 700 acre farm that Melvin owned in Lake Placid. The potatoes were processed in a warehouse at the Sebring-Hendricks Airfield, where Air Force pilots had been trained during the World War II. Automated packaging equipment was not readily available in the 1940’s. Packaging produce for market was a very labor intensive business, so Paul applied his knowledge of tractor mechanics to designing packaging machines, and invented a packaging system that was superior to anything else available in its day. In time, Paul discontinued potato farming, and ended his partnership with the Melvin’s. He purchased a 40 acre banana farm from a woman named Mrs. Saunders. She was a South African woman who had been a nurse prior to moving to Florida. The ‘Banana Farm’ was actually composed of mucky, lake-bottom land that had been a part of Lake Clay. The mucky soil, which was up to 15’ deep, proved to be excellent for growing Chrysanthemums, Easter Lilies, and Gerbera Daisies. The cut flower business demanded fast shipment, and Paul’s packaging machines were designed to get the flowers to market quickly. Phypers decided in 1964, that the time had come for him to jump in to Caladium farming with both feet. He purchased half of the sod farm that had been owned by Max Hoffman, added that to his “ Banana Farm” property and Happiness Farms quickly became the largest caladium grower in Lake Placid, which is known today as the Caladium Capital of the World. Only about a dozen growers continue to work the 1200 acres of low-pH lake bottom land on the southern banks of Lake Istokpoga that have proven so fertile for caladium development. Phypers decided that Caladium research was essential for the long range cultivation of these beautiful foliage plants, and encouraged the University of Florida to begin working with Caladiums in the mid 1970’s. To this day, the University of Florida, IFAS research center in Baum has a specialty program for the research of caladium varieties and disease prevention. Each year, Happiness Farms is a proud to help fund their research. Among his many accomplishments, Paul Phypers is credited with developing one of the fifty varieties of Caladiums that are commercially available today. He named his variety Galaxy, because it resembles a field of colorful stars. This variety is quite rare as it is a variety exclusive to Happiness Farms and only six acres of Galaxy are under production. Paul Phypers, Sr. passed away in 1999 at the age of 96. However, the legacy of Happiness Farms has continued on with Paul’s two sons, Danny and Paul Phypers Jr., both of their wives, Darlene and Carolyn, his seven grandchildren Steven, Randy, Craig, Paula, Jennifer, Danielle and Drew and their children. Product categories PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY. This website (the “Website” or “happinessfarms.com”) is provided by Happiness Farms, Inc. (“Happiness Farms”), subject to these terms and conditions of use (“Terms and Conditions”). 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