Meet This Issue’s Diarists
The Way We Live in Georgia
Seventeen-year-old Kalie Hall’s work ethic has most folks shaking their heads in awe. A member of FFA and 4-H and a college-bound junior in high school, Kalie raises, shows and sells pigs on her family farm in the Appalachian Mountains.
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The Way We Live in New Mexico
Ranching isn’t easy, but doing it in the boot heel of New Mexico has its own unique challenges. Diarist Judy Keeler and her husband, Murray, run two cattle ranches miles from the Mexican border. The couple earns a living at the whims of the cattle market and extreme weather.
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The Way We Live in Virginia
Customers know they’ll find the finest maple syrup at the Sugar Tree Country Store in Highland County. Diarist Sharlene Heatwole and her family tap the sweet stuff right from maple trees that cover the mountains in this rugged corner of Virginia.
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You can read the complete month-long diaries in the February/March 2010 issue of Farm & Ranch Living.
