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March 01 2017
Tomatoes in January?

When you enter the hydroponic green-houses at Fitz’s Farms in Mattawan on a cloudy fall day, you feel a bit like Dorothy opening the door

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March 01 2017
Chemex, Anyone?

Mack Chrisman knows a lot about coffee.

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March 01 2017
Welcome to the ‘Wild West’

"You want to see fish? You want to shoot at things? Or you want to make art?”

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