“Who’s Your Farmer?: Taylor Murchison” (from TLV #152)
Hometown: Bryan/College Station, Texas
What brought you to the area? Family
How did you get started in agriculture? Family (a recurring theme)
What is a typical work day like? Glug coffee before seven, drive the W at sunrise, reliably late, reasoning session before fieldwork or into town to connect dots and cultivate relationships. Lunch at the farm is always better than in town. Try to end the day in good company, with good food, and a plan for tomorrow.
What do you do on a rainy day? “Rainy-Day” Projects (what I didn’t get to last week/month)
What’s the best thing about working on your farm? Our friends
What are you most proud of this year so far? Clearing and breaking up an additional three acres for vegetable production and finally hitting the nail on the head with the onions.
What are you most looking forward to this season? Edamame harvest!
Funniest / strangest thing that has happened on the farm lately: Snakebite Dog and the Mutant Cucumbers.
What’s your favorite vegetable? Peppers!
What’s your favorite insect? Sure isn’t the Squash Bug.
What’s your favorite music to listen to while digging in the ground? Michael Hurley, Jerry, and our work songs
Ever dug up (or found) anything strange / interesting / valuable? Purple Potatoes!
Name an uncommon vegetable that people should try: Wrinkly Crinkly Crumply Cress
Tell us one thing about farming that most people probably don’t know: Ya don’t need triple-thirteen to get it done.
Is there anything you’d like to see change about the way food is consumed in our community? Eat local, ya’ll.
Name one piece of equipment you could not live without: Ho-mi (Korean Hand Plow.. can’t beat it.)
Tell us one thing you’ve learned that you didn’t know when you first started farming: That, usually, I just don’t know.
What is the best meal you’ve ever eaten? Our tomatoes on Kerry’s bread for breakfast at Taylor Farmer’s Market.
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TLV News The Local Voice is a bimonthly entertainment guide and newspaper based in Oxford, Mississippi, covering and distributed in North Central Mississippi, including Oxford, Ole Miss, Taylor, Abbeville, Water Valley, Lafayette County, Yalobusha County, and parts of Panola County, Marshall County, and Tupelo . The Local Voice is distributed free to over 255 locations in North Mississippi and also available as a full color PDF download worldwide on the internet.
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