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The Kingsley Plantation

The story of Kingsley Plantation is fascinating, and when you factor in the life’s journey of the landowner’s wife, it makes this one of the…

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A Florida Strawberry Festival

In the 1930’s, citizens of Plant City, Florida began a strawberry festival.  The annual event continues today. Although it’s mostly concerts and amusement rides, it…

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A High Value Crop Grown Right in the Middle of Town

Imagine attempting to grow a high value crop in the middle of one of America’s largest cities.  That’s exactly what happens here….

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The Secret to Growing Great Strawberries

What does it take to grow great strawberries? A good railroad of course. That’s one of the reasons many of the strawberries you eat come…

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Farming a Different Way

In agriculture there is sometimes infighting between groups that support organic or conventional production methods. The two do not have to be mutually exclusive and…

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Biological Farming

Farmers are always looking for ways to do more with less. Gary Zimmer may just be the man who can best help them do just…

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Senator, Do You Have No Decency?

Joseph Welch said what many Americans were thinking. During a US Senate hearing on June 9th, 1954 he said, “Senator, have you no sense of…

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An Up and Coming Senator

This Wisconsin senator was a rising star in the state; a man who made history by becoming one of the youngest judges in history and…

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Arivaca Boys Ranch

The Bible’s parable of the prodigal son shares the story of a wayward son that comes home to a father that has every right to…

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Attending a Civil War Reunion

75 years after the Battle of Gettysburg, the veterans of the Civil War were still coming here for reunions……

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