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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: Anson Eaves oral history interview, 2019 March 28
Creator: Eaves, Anson E. (Anson Eugene), 1970-
Date Created: 2019-03-28
Subjects--Topical: Feed mills, Livestock, Farms
Description: Anson Eaves, owner and operator of Bethel Feed & Farm in Midland, North Carolina, discusses the past, current, and future operations of the feed mill, a third generation business originally owned by his grandfather. The interview covers a variety ...

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: Bobbie Nell Earnhardt oral history interview 2, 2002 April 2
Creator: Earnhardt, Bobbie Nell, 1921-2003
Date Created: 2002-04-02
Subjects--Topical: Cities and towns, Cities and towns--Growth, Farms, Farm life, Police, Chain gangs, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social conditions, Race relations, Alcohol trafficking, Prohibition, Bookkeeping
Description: Bobbie Nell Earnhardt was born on Graham St. in Charlotte, North Carolina; she discusses growing up in Charlotte in the 1930s and shares her family's stories. She tells about her mother working at the handkerchief factory, which turned into the Ol...

Title: Carie Deneau oral history interview, 2019 April 10
Creator: Deneau, Carie L. (Carie Lynn), 1960-
Date Created: 2019-04-10
Subjects--Topical: Hydroponics, Farms, Farm produce, Greenhouse gardening
Description: At the time of the interview Carie Deneau had worked at Tega Hills Farm in York County, South Carolina, for a little over five years. Her primary duties included product weighing, seeding, and seedling transfers to the farm's greenhouses. Pri...

Title: Chantel V. Johnson oral history interview, 2019 April 3
Creator: Johnson, Chantel, 1987-
Date Created: 2019-04-3
Subjects--Topical: Racism, Racism--Political aspects, Women farmers, Farms, Livestock, Social media
Description: Chantel Johnson, owner of Off the Grid in Color farm in Salisbury, North Carolina, recounts how she first entered agriculture and homesteading in 2016 as a way of healing after the tragic death of her youngest brother to gun violence in Chicago. S...

Title: David Correll oral history interview, 2019 March 29
Creator: Correll, David F. (David Franklin)
Date Created: 2019-03-29
Subjects--Topical: Farmers, Farms, Dairy products industry, Tomatoes, Family farms, September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
Description: David Correll, a farmer from Cleveland, North Carolina, recounts his family farm's history dating back to the late nineteenth century, and discusses how the farm has changed over this time. Mr. Correll explains, for example, how his father an...

Title: Doug Carrigan oral history interview, 2019 March 27
Creator: Carrigan, Doug W.
Date Created: 2019-03-27
Subjects--Topical: Farms, Farm produce, Agritourism, Strawberries, Bees, Beekeepers, Family farms
Description: Doug Carrigan is the fourth generation owner of Carrigan Farms in Mooresville, North Carolina. His family has been farming the land in Mooresville since 1902. Doug discusses the evolution of his farm through the generations and the evolution of ge...

Title: Emma Hendel oral history interview, 2019 April 20
Creator: Hendel, Emma J. (Emma Joy)
Date Created: 2019-04-20
Subjects--Topical: Farms, Community-supported agriculture, Farmers, Organic farming--Certification, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (United States), Social media
Description: Emma Hendel discusses her five years as a microgreens farmer and co-owner of Fair Share Farms, LLC in Pfafftown, North Carolina. Mrs. Hendel describes why and how she and her husband, Elliot Seldner, came to North Carolina and started their farm. ...

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: John Miller, Jr. oral history interview 1, 2011 September 6
Creator: Miller, John S. (John Sutton), Jr., 1930-2021
Date Created: 2011-09-06
Subjects--Topical: Rest homes, Rest homes--Administration, Nursing home patients, Farms, Agriculture, African Americans--Segregation
Description: In this interview John Miller, Jr., Superintendent of Green Acres Rest Home in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1961 to 1982, describes what life was like at the Mecklenburg County Home (later Green Acres Rest Home) during his childhood years when ...

Title: John Miller, Jr. oral history interview 2, 2011 September 14
Creator: Miller, John S. (John Sutton), Jr., 1930-2021
Date Created: 2011-09-14
Subjects--Topical: Rest homes, Rest homes--Administration, Rest homes--Government policy, Nursing home patients, Farms, Agriculture, Dairy farming, Laundries, African Americans--Segregation
Description: In this interview John Miller, Jr., Superintendent of Green Acres Rest Home in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1961 to 1982, continues to describe life at the rest home from his childhood through his time as superintendent. He shares memories of s...

Title: Ronald Edwards oral history interview, 2019 March 11
Creator: Edwards, Ron, 1963-
Date Created: 2019-03-11
Subjects--Topical: Farms, Farm produce, Migrant labor, Dairy farms, Peach, Agritourism
Description: Ronald Edwards, the general manager of Springs Farm in Fort Mill, South Carolina, reflects on the history of the farm and his personal farming experiences. Mr. Edwards discusses the origins and legacy of the farm, the size of the operation, and th...

Title: Valley farm near Valle Crucis image 1
Creator: Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
Date Created: 1947-05
Subjects--Topical: Landscapes, Mountains, Farms
Description: A valley farm near Valle Crucis, North Carolina. Mountains rise in the background.

Title: Valley farm near Valle Crucis image 2
Creator: Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
Date Created: 1947-05
Subjects--Topical: Landscapes, Mountains, Farms
Description: A valley farm near Valle Crucis, North Carolina. Mountains rise in the background.

Title: Zack Wyatt oral history interview, 2019 April 1
Creator: Wyatt, Zack, 1980-
Date Created: 2019-04-04
Subjects--Topical: Urban agriculture, Farms, Nonprofit organizations, Food security, African Americans--Social conditions
Description: Zack Wyatt is the executive director at Carolina Farm Trust, a non-profit organization founded in 2015 which seeks to support local farmers and to educate communities on the importance of local food. Mr. Wyatt provides insight into the challenges ...