Thursday, September 2, 2010

Crossville, Tennessee: Chris Hughes, greenbean farmer

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Chris Hughes sounded tired when he agreed to meet with us and we found out why when we showed up at his bean processing facility. During ha...
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Strawberry Plains, Tennessee: Curtis Blake, Blake Dairy

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I forgot to mention what a shock it is driving into Pigeon Forge, Tennessee from the Smoky Mountain range: it is a shock. The lush wilderne...
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Monday, August 30, 2010

Cookeville, Tennessee: Jim Garrison, Heartland Apicultural Society president

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One of our favorite ways to bond on this trip has been to get a morning cup of coffee and try to do the daily crossword together (I get the ...

Livingston, Tennessee: Jim Ligon, Tennessee Tech farm manager

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Trav and I drove a half hour out of town to Tennessee Tech's farm to meet with Jim Ligon, farm director. The University has three differ...
Sunday, August 29, 2010

Knoxville, Tennessee: Calvin Copeland

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Calvin Copeland is nearing his 90’s but his eyes twinkle brightly and his voice rings with slow laughter as he tells us story after story ab...
Saturday, August 28, 2010

Louisville, TN: Dr. Bill Backus, retired animal science professor

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The first words out of Dr. Bill Backus's mouth were"Well, you're damn yankees!" upon spying my Connecticut license plates....

Asheville, NC: Mike Fortune, Green Hills Urban Farm

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Though he seems to be a spectacular farmer, Mike Fortune prefers to think of himself as a pirate. He looks the part, a handsome young man i...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Sylva, NC: Steven Beltram, Balsam Gardens

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Trav and I stayed a night in mountainous Sylva, North Carolina, home of Western College where Edward Abbey was a literature professor briefl...
Monday, August 23, 2010

Asheville, NC: Calvin Robinson, beekeeper

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Albert Einstein is credited with the quote " If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would have only 4 years of li...