CCO and Seedleaf Launch Seedleaf Highlights Campaign
Members of the campus and local community are working together to promote fresh, local food.
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Beth Tillery
Recorded at the Lexington Farmers Market on April 21, 2012.
Jean Pitches
Jean Pitches of Blue Moon Farms. Recorded at the Lexington Farmers Market on April 21, 2012.
Nick Nichols
Recorded at the Lexington Farmers Market on April 21, 2012.
Don Isaman
Don Isaman is a vendor who has been selling at the Market since 2001.
Recorded at the Lexington Farmers Market on April 21, 2012.
Farmers Market Oral History: Jay Wood (Part II)
In this interview, longtime Lexington Farmers Market vendor Jay Wood talks about popular perceptions of organic produce, as well as the Federal Tobacco program that transformed farming in Kentucky.
Farmers Market Oral History: Jay Wood (Part I)
Longtime farmer and vendor Jay Wood talks about his family's farm in Lexington, as well as some of the early days of the Lexington Farmers Market. Recorded February 11, 2012.
Farmers Market Oral History: Haley Lawson
Haley Lawson now sells baked goods at the Lexington Farmers Market, but she's actually been coming to the market since she was a baby. In this interview, Haley talks about her childhood memories of the market.
Farmers Market Oral History: Bill Best (Part II)
Interview with farmer Bill Best, who has been involved with the Lexington Farmers Market since its beginning (1972). Bill Best is also the first farmer at the market to sell heirloom produce. In this interview, he discusses his work with heirloom seeds and his own experiences as an academic and a farmer. Recorded at the Lexington Farmers Market on February 11, 2012.
