When you open a bag of potato chips, do you ever stop and think that those were grown on a farm? Or wonder where that farm was? In the summer – including the all-important 4th of July – a tiny part of NE North Carolina is the only game in town for the 3/4s of Americans who live east of the Rockies.
What does Splenda have to do with farming? Well, sweeteners like monk fruit and stevia are plant-based — they’re just not sugar. And those plants are grown on farms.
Mom, Dad, three kids — one farm. From blackeyed peas and butterbeans to 300 head of cattle, every member of the family is involved, There’s not much screentime here!
Rising food costs, a horrible pandemic and uncertain economic times have all led to an unprecedented demand for access to affordable — preferably free — healthy food.
Farming doesn’t just happen in the country — there’s an urban agricultural revolution afoot and Brick Street Farms in St. Petersburg, FL is doing it on a 1/3 acre asphalt lot.
