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The team at Tarwater Farm & Home Supply includes, from left, Abe Steinbach, Isaac Tarwater and Rich Tarwater, owner. The business has been in operation for 40 years. [PHOTOS BY THAD ALLTON/THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL]
Rich Tarwater said he believes good business is about building relationships. That’s how Tarwater Farm & Home Supply
has conducted business in Topeka since 1978. “Our logo is very simple, but true,” said owner Tarwater. “It
says, ‘Because of the customer, we exist,’ and that’s how we operate our business.” Tarwater has been working at
the store since he was 14 years old. Customers who would come in when he was a teenager are still coming in today. The 40-year-old
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