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Title: Amy Foster oral history interview, 2019
Creator: Foster, Amy, 1965-
Date Created: 2019-04-24
Subjects--Topical: Livestock, Farms, Cattle, Chickens, Farmers' markets, Social media, Urbanization
Description: Amy Foster discusses her twelve years as a livestock farmer and co-owner of Gilcrest Natural Farm in Iron Station, North Carolina. Mrs. Foster describes how her desire to control her food and develop her land were factors that led her to become a ...

Title: Audra Ellis oral history interview, 2019 May 8
Creator: Ellis, Audra B. (Audra Baucom), 1972-
Date Created: 2019-05-8
Subjects--Topical: Farms, Chicken industry, Pork industry and trade, Farmers' markets, Dairy farms, Molasses, Sorghum, Goats, Farms, Small
Description: 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...

Title: Chris Fletcher oral history interview, 2019 April 16
Creator: Fletcher, Chris, 1964-
Date Created: 2019-04-16
Subjects--Topical: Peppers, Farmers' markets, Rain and rainfall, Insecticides
Description: Chris Fletcher discusses his time working on his farm, Green Meadows Acres, in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. He explains the reasons he began farming, what he currently grows, and why he chooses to sell his products at the Piedmont Farmers&apos...

Title: James C. Ferebee oral history interview, 2019 March 19
Creator: Ferebee, James C.
Date Created: 2019-03-19
Subjects--Topical: Farms, Livestock, Sheep, Chickens, Goats, Farmers' markets, Farms, Small
Description: In this interview, livestock farmer James Ferebee discusses the animals he raises and the rotational grazing methods he employs on his farm in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Ferebee Farm is five acres and Mr. Ferebee leases another twenty to twenty-fi...

Title: Joseph Rowland oral history interview, 2019 March 20
Creator: Rowland, Joseph W.
Date Created: 2019-03-20
Subjects--Topical: Organic farming, Socialism, Community-supported agriculture, Farmers' markets, Neighbors
Description: Joe Rowland, the owner of Rowland Row Farms in Gold Hill, North Carolina, has been farming for nine years, having initially begun his agricultural career in the Incubator program in Concord, North Carolina. His eighteen acre farm is family-run by ...

Title: Kate Brun oral history interview, 2019 April 4
Creator: Brun, Kate Lachance
Date Created: 2019-04-04
Subjects--Topical: Farmers' markets, Farmers, Women farmers, Greenhouse gardening
Description: Kate Brun, founder, owner, and operator of Lucky Leaf Gardens, (LLG), in Harrisburg, North Carolina, discusses the greenhouse farming of microgreens, and the past, current, and future operations of LLG, a business she started from her home in 2010...

Title: Mark and Mindy Robinson oral history interview, 2019 March 18
Date Created: 2019-03-18
Subjects--Topical: Greenhouses, Hydroponics, Farmers' markets
Description: Mark and Mindy Robinson are the owners of Tega Hills Farm in Fort Mill, South Carolina, a two acre urban farm with five hydroponic greenhouses. They employ five full time employees, and distribute their produce through the Matthews Community Farme...

Title: T. McLeod oral history interview, 2019 March 12
Creator: McLeod, T. (Thomas Bragg), 1958-
Date Created: 2019-03-12
Subjects--Topical: Organic farming, Farmers' markets, Farmers, Renaissance fairs
Description: In this interview, T. McLeod talks about his experiences in running his organics business, McLeod Organics, in north Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and his transition from farmer to seller . Mr. McLeod begins by detailing how he originally go...

Title: Thomas E. Barbee oral history interview, 2019 March 05
Creator: Barbee, Thomas E.
Date Created: 2019-03-05
Subjects--Topical: Farm life, Farm produce, Foreign workers, Farmers' markets, Family farms
Description: Tommy Barbee, fifth-generation owner of T.&A. Barbee Family Farm located in Concord, North Carolina, discusses the changes he has witnessed in farming over the course of his lifetime. He recounts assisting his grandparents and parents on the farm ...

Title: You'll have to find a place to put it--I'm not sure we have room for it!
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1981-07-02
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Farmers' markets, Farmers' markets--Planning, Airports--Planning, City planning, Cities and towns--Politics and government, Municipal government
Description: Topics include: Charlotte City Council; Farmers' markets; Airports; Charlotte and Mecklenburg County politics and government