Meet PCG Member – Hiram Ramirez: Business is Mushrooming
PCG Professional Member Hiram Ramirez owns Urban Gourmet Farms – the first ever mushroom farm in North Carolina.
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Meet PCG Member – Emma Hendel : Growing Great Partnerships from Seeds to Success
For Emma Hendel and her husband Elliot Seldner, owners, farmers, and stewards of the land at Fair Share Farm, success is about relationships and partnerships.
Meet PCG Member – Jamie Swofford: From Farm Boy To The Chef’s Farmer
Despite having spent nearly two decades in kitchens throughout the Southeast and abroad, what PCG Professional Member Jamie Swofford really wanted to do was focus less on the restaurant itself, and more on the food and ingredients.
Meet PCG Member – Shelley Proffitt-Eagan: Changing North Carolina Beef Farming
In a typical male-dominated industry, PCG Professional Member Shelley Proffitt-Eagan is one of a growing number of female farm operators in North Carolina. Her farm, Proffitt Family Cattle Company, is one of few that is a USDA-certified organic, 100% grass-fed beef farm.
Meet PCG Member – Christy Underwood: Close to the Land – and Family
Before starting Underwood Family Farm in 2005, Christy Underwood was a stay-at-home mom. Having a new child started to put things into perspective for her and her husband Michael as they wanted to find a more sustainable way to feed their son. They liked the idea of having their son grow up knowing where his food came from.
Meet PCG Member – Chris Fletcher: “Pepper Guy”, Jack of All Trades
PCG Professional Member Chris Fletcher has had some sort of garden for his entire life. Fletcher, a Cabarrus County native, first became interested in farming from his grandmother’s brother-in-law, and hasn’t looked back since.
Meet PCG Member – Brad Todd: No Dirt. No Problem.
At first impression, PCG Member farmer Brad Todd recalls illustrations of ancient Vikings: tall and rugged, with a lush beard, long blond hair pulled tightly back, and a piercing gaze. Inside Lucky Clays’ sunlit greenhouse in Norwood, 40 miles east of Charlotte, clear water flows …
Meet PCG Member – Joy Turner: Chef and Farmer, Student and Teacher
Joy Turner has worked with some of the most lauded chefs in Charlotte. She now carries double titles of Catering Director and Head Catering Chef at Project 658. But ask her what she does for a living, Turner’s first response is “the farmer’s wife.”
Dogwood – Carolina Farm Trust Dinner Series benefit for Middle Ground Farm
Carolina Farm Trust is hosting a four-course fundraising dinner at Dogwood Southern Table in the Southpark area of Charlotte and Bar to benefit PCG Member Dan Kypena and his Middle Ground Farm.
Meet PCG Member – Mindy Robinson: Tiny Plants, Strong Roots
On a small road off Route 160, the greenhouses of Tega Hills Farm huddle amidst orange construction barrels and the onslaught of a new housing development across the street. Here Mindy Robinson shows off a few of the nine varieties of lettuce upon which she and husband Mark have built a reputation.