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Grandma Brock

Farmer Grandma Brock

FARMER GRANDMA BROCK Grandma Brock’s Country Farm is a 13-acre farm situated between Atlanta and Athens providing locally and naturally grown produce in Franklin County, Georgia. We grow on land which is Certified Naturally Grown (CNG) using biodynamic, natural and sustainable methods. We specialize in heirloom organic tomatoes and vegetables along with medicinal/culinary herbs and [...]

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Forager Alan Muskat

Forager Alan Muskat

Q&A with FORAGER ALAN MUSKAT          What prepared you to be a farmer? I don’t farm. I forage, partly because I am unprepared to farm. Farming requires commitment, i.e., quite literally, putting down roots. And I’m afraid of commitment. But foraging can be a commitment to “staying present” because foragers can’t be choosers: [...]

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Farmer Bobby Britt

  What prepared you to be a farmer?  I have lived in Decatur all of my life. My dad sold vegetables from the family garden off the back of his pickup truck for years. As kids we always helped dad. By 16, I started taking gardening more seriously. I was pretty excited about the new [...]

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D&A Farm

                                                                                                                                              Chef Evan Cordes and D&A Farm Host Oct. 11 For Foods Sake What prepared you to be a farmer? When I was younger, I worked in a greenhouse at the local nursery. It was a small, family run business, similar to my farm now. [...]

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Farmer Jimmy Franks of Southern Swiss Dairy

Southern Swiss Dairy is a milk processing facility located in Waynesboro, GA that is family owned and operated. Our milk is natural and free of artificial growth hormones. We process and bottle milk products the same day our cows are milked, ensuring our customers will have the freshest milk possible Q&A with Farmer Jimmy Franks [...]

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Farmer William Hennessy

What prepared you to be a farmer?       I had no experience in agriculture when I began this journey two and a half years ago.  I turned to books, seminars, spoke with chefs & other farmers, and spent way too much time reading farming blogs on the internet.  I remember one of the first farmers I [...]

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Lorenzo Fasola Bologna of Monte Vibiano Vineyards

        What prepared you to be a farmer? It is a family business and since many generation we were producer especially in olive oil and wine What is a unique feature and how many hectares do you farm? around 700 (about 1700 acres Tell us about your main crops (olives, grapes, etc) [...]

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Farmer Don Hardiman of Geezer’s Gardens

What prepared you to be a farmer? Not sure I am prepared, though I was born on a farm in rural Limestone County, AL in 1941 and grew up absorbing by osmosis, the lesson that if one is to farm, certain tasks must be performed using certain methods at certain times, or things don’t work.  [...]

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Farmer Colleen Dudley

What prepared you to be a farmer? I spent summers visiting my grandparents in southern Louisiana.  We would cream fresh corn and shell purple hull peas until our fingers were sore.  That’s where I developed a love for vegetables.  Simply prepared, but so delicious I just couldn’t get enough of them.   My father had a [...]

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Farmer Cory Mosser

Cory Mosser started farming as an afterthought. After graduating from college, he hiked from Maine to Georgia on the Appalachian Trail and broke bread with several friendly farmers along the way. Upon his return, he was hooked and convinced that the secret ingredient to reinvigorate our communities was the sharing of food- produced and eaten locally! [...]

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