Farming in Appalachia
Rhubarb – the leaves are poisonous but the stems taste delicious in strawberry rhubarb pie.
I love my job. I sometimes get to travel around and ask people questions and photograph and film their lives. Basically, I have professional license to be nosy. This past week I worked in southwestern Virginia, documenting farms and farm-related activities. I learned a lot about small-holder farms and what it takes to survive in this country. These are some generic photographs from the past few days. More will eventually appear as stories on the Bread for the World website.
Winter rye in a field near Duffield, Va.
Farms near Duffield, Va.
Did you know asparagus grows straight out of the ground? I didn’t.
(Above: That's me photographing while snowshoeing through a snowstorm. Picture by