Commercial, Advertising and Editorial Photography. Greensboro, North Carolina
When cold and messy weather comes, most of us can duck inside and get away from it. On a dairy farm, it means dealing with it head on. Cows have to be milked and fed twice a day whether it’s sunny and warm or frigid and nasty. Michael Williams of Williams Dairy south of Greensboro, North Carolina handles it every day.
(Photographs copyright 2010 by Dan Routh)
Steve Tate and his staff work on making goat cheese at the Goat Lady Dairy near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
(Photographs copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
Milking cows in the dairy parlor of Williams Dairy, a family farm south of Greensboro, North Carolina.
(Photographs copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
(photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
Fresh picked apples wait for buyers at a roadside produce stand near Candor, North Carolina. Candor, in Montgomery County, about an hour south of Greensboro is a center for North Carolina fruit and vegetable production.
My son Tristan and I made a Saturday morning trip to a local landmark in Asheboro, North Carolina, Weston’s Feed and Seed for a bee feeder and some winter rye seed. A third generation family business, Weston’s has been in Asheboro for as long as I can remember. Just the place to go for plants, seed, fertilizer and other garden supplies as well as pet, livestock, chicken and beekeeping equipment and supplies. You can even buy dried beans and hard candy. The staff is helpful and always willing to discuss what your projects are, what you need and how to use it. Their website is http://www.westonsfeedandseed.com/.
(photographs copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
(photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
I saw these mushrooms at the fall open house at Goat Lady Dairy. Several people were there demonstrating sustainable agriculture. These were grown in western North Carolina on red oak logs.
Yesterday, neighbor Earl York, Jr. was combining corn at Melancthon near Liberty, North Carolina. The York family runs a seed, fertilizer and farm supply business as well as growing corn, soybeans and small grains. This particular field of corn was yielding close to 130 bushels per acre, which is not anything close to a record, but really good for a year of partial drought. I’ve shot farmers and agriculture all over the country (one of my most favorite subjects) and although all farmers are busy and under all kinds of pressure to get things done, I have never met one that would not stop their machinery, get off and come over to shake your hand and talk briefly about their crop. Earl was no exception.
(photographs copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
I went over to my neighbors’ farm Sunday for their annual open house. Ann and Ron Fay run Rising Meadow Farm near Liberty in Randolph County, North Carolina along with their daughter Beth and her husband Winfield. They raise sheep for wool and meat as well as a few goats, cows and the occasional llama. Sunday they had several people there displaying wool products and processes as well as another neighbor demonstrating his working border collie sheep dogs. For info on their farm, go to http://www.risingmeadow.com/index.html.
(photographs copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
(photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
Photograph of red striped beans from the Piedmont Triad Farmer’s Market. I enjoy going by the market because I get to see produce that we don’t tradionally grow here in North Carolina.
(photograph copyright 2009 by Dan Routh)
Tomatoes form a still life at a produce stand in Candor, North Carolina.
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