If that classic cowboy song had been accurately written, generations would have grown up singing: “Oh give me a home where the bison herd roam….” For it’s bison, not buffalo, that once roamed the North American plains by the tens of millions. But Brewster M. Higley, the 19th century Kansas doctor who penned “Home on […]
Case Studies September 2021
Justin Pelletier – Nashoba Valley Winery & Spirits
Est. reading time: 4 mins
As Nashoba Valley Winery & Spirits grows, so do the New England farms where it procures whatever fruits and vegetables not produced on its 50-plus fertile acres in north central Massachusetts. With near record rainfall in July followed by a hot humid August, there’s been a bumper crop of peaches, a ton harvested on premises […]
Vincent Petryk – J.P. Licks
Est. reading time: 5 mins
Growing up in the working-class town of Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, Vincent Petryk remembers the pain of being bullied. It started in the third grade, with kids calling him homophobic names he didn’t understand and having his schoolbooks thrown in the river. By the time he entered high school, he would often be roughed up on […]
