Farm Life November-December 2019
November-December 2019 For Farmers, Hemp Is the New Cash Crop “Mac” McConnell is 99 years old, was a Navy pilot during World War II, and a veteran investigator with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who helped his wife run a school for...Building Community October 2019
October 2019 Nero the Hero Carolyn Sisk grimaced. A biopsy revealed a cancerous lesion on the leg of her 10-year-old German shepherd. She’d taken in Nero just a few weeks earlier, and the dog fell in love with his new surroundings on her Rappahannock County, Virginia,...Co-op People October 2019
October 2019 Reflections from a Newly Retired CEO The electric cooperative that Mike Wheatley joined in 1993 is not the same one that he retired from in March. It won’t be the same five, 10 or 20 years from now, he says. Oh, the name on the building remains Choptank...Member FYI September 2019
September 2019 A Culture of Compassion A rural Virginia camp is a retreat for kids and adults with needs Stan Feuerberg notices the tears every year. They well up in the eyes of children saying goodbye to their parents who leave them to an unknown experience at a...Project Bolivia August 2019
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The community of Newsoms, in Southampton County near the Virginia-North Carolina border, is a picture of small-town American, with churches, community organizations, a smattering of businesses -- and jumbo peanuts. Read more about Newsoms here in our November/December Crossroads column: lsc-pagepro.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=628712#{"issue_id":628712,"page":32}
Four thousand miles from home, John Medved of Rappahannock Electric Cooperative led a group of line workers tasked with electrifying small villages in rural Bolivia. His day by day account takes you alongside the crew’s monumental work.
Read the November/December cover story here: www.co-opliving.com/lifestyle/cover-story/
