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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: 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: Henry Hampton oral history interview, 2003 October 18
Creator: Hampton, Henry, 1950 or 1951-
Date Created: 2003-10-18
Subjects--Topical: Exotic animals, Zoos, Domestic animals, Animal populations, Inbreeding, Farmers, Agriculture, Dairy products industry, Family-owned business enterprises, Amish
Description: Henry Hampton discusses owning and operating the Lazy 5 Ranch and the community that he grew up in near Millbridge, North Carolina in Rowan County. He describes the animals at the ranch, reintroducing rehabilitated animals into the wild, and diffe...

Title: Jean Siers oral history interview, 2019 March 27
Creator: Siers, Jean, 1964-
Date Created: 2019-03-27
Subjects--Topical: Agriculture, Farmers, Gleaning, Food security, Volunteers
Description: Jean Siers is the Charlotte, North Carolina, Regional Gleaning Coordinator for the Society of St. Andrews and she has held this position since 2012. The Society of St. Andrews works to bring people together to harvest and share healthy food, reduc...

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: 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...