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Life Of A Barn | Ohio Farmland

Written by Andrew Payne on January 3, 2011
Farming, USA, work

For someone who grew up on a 1/4 acre plot of land, the idea of someone having 500 acres at his disposal was a bit beyond my comprehension. When I first started visiting the nation’s farmland, I’d see these amazing old dilapidated barns just being left to collapse under their own weight. My thought was [...]

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Ewing’s Blue Ribbon Feeds

Written by Andrew Payne on December 10, 2010
Farming, Historical, USA

Like many privately-owned rural farm businesses, Ewing’s Blue Ribbon Feeds Inc. has faded into memory long ago, leaving behind beautiful relics of it’s industrious past. I spent Thanksgiving this year, as I often do, with my family in my wife’s childhood town of Lynchburg, Ohio.  Personally, I love Ohio- and Southern Ohio in particular. Acre [...]

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An Apple A Day | Salinger’s Orchard

Written by Andrew Payne on October 25, 2010
Farming, Food, Holidays

If there is one thing that represents Fall to me, it has to be the apple. With that in mind, I am the luckiest guy around to be living right in the middle of the very best apple growing region in the world (my opinion)- the Northeast. The crisp crunch and ultra sweet flavor that [...]

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Graphic Clarity | Change Of Plans

Written by Andrew Payne on July 19, 2010
Farming, Food, Graphics

There’s something to say about malicious false advertising- and then there is advertising that unintentionally doesn’t deliver the correct message. In the case of the above, there was clearly no devious scheme involved, but it surely made me stop and think about the many pieces of art and graphics that I work on that are [...]

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Martha’s Vineyard Fiber Farm | Juniper Moon

Written by Andrew Payne on July 12, 2010
Design, Farming, Fashion, USA

For an island of only 87.48 square miles in size and already holding a population of 15,000 year-round residents (75,000 during the summer), it actually had room for a successful working livestock farm. Well, from 2001 to 2009, the island played host to The Martha’s Vineyard Fiber Farm (now called Juniper Moon Farm since expanding [...]

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