Articles by Lucinda Clark
The first thing I noticed about Mary Mitchell, owner of Eagles’ Nest Organic Citrus grove, was the power of her commanding presence….She hails from Paducah, Kentucky, having been a city girl before her husband bought the grove about 30 years ago and as she says, “didn’t have a damn bit of sense about how to run it which means I had to figure it out because all our money was tied up in it.” He passed a way a few years ago but “run it” she has.
My mother raises hogs, they are raised on pasture and fed corn or milo depending on her crop rotation (she plants her own row crops to feed them). They are left with their mother until they are ready to be moved to the “fat hog” pen. They are never given any types of hormones, so they grow at varying rates.
An inspiring call from Lucinda Clark to the community to support family farms. These brave men and women are on the front lines of the profood movement, taking the risks so that we can build a sustainable food system.
