Ellis, Audra B. (Audra Baucom), 1972-

Grover, Thomas (Tom)

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2019-05-8

1 audio file (1:16:08) : Digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (30 pages)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Audra Ellis was a 46 year old woman at the time of the interview, which took place on her farm in Lincolnton, North Carolina. She was born in Shelby, North Carolina in 1972. She was educated at Gardner-Webb University and was employed as a probation officer as well as the co-owner of Ellis Farms.

Audra Ellis, co-owner of Ellis Farms in Lincolnton, North Carolina, discusses how she and her husband, Rick, originally started with six chickens and two pygmy goats, expanded into crop production, and now focus only on chicken and pork production. Mrs. Ellis explains how the Ellis family is the last family in Lincoln County to make molasses the old fashioned way and has been making it for about eighty years. She talks about how she learned how to treat bumblefoot, (an infection egg chickens commonly get), through videos on YouTube because veterinarians cannot treat chickens. Mrs. Ellis mentions how she and her friend took a short summer course at Western Piedmont Community College which taught them how to take care of various animals including chickens and goats. She explains that along with YouTube videos, she also learned how to take care of the animals through books and asking other farmers in the area. Mrs. Ellis also discusses how she got involved with the farmers market and how many people are ignorant of why the products at the market are more expensive than the ones in Target or Walmart, as well as how farmers have to struggle against the stereotype that they are uneducated .

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on a H4n Pro.

Vehicle traffic in background

Farmers
Probation officers

Ellis, Audra B. (Audra Baucom), 1972-

American Dairy Goat Association
Guernsey Girl Creamery
Ellis Farms, Lincolnton (N.C.)

Farms
Chicken industry
Pork industry and trade
Farmers' markets
Dairy farms
Molasses
Sorghum
Goats
Farms, Small

North Carolina--Lincolnton

Sound recordings
Oral histories

2010-2020

The Queen’s Garden: Oral Histories of the Piedmont Foodshed

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