Interviews conducted by OHIO Honors Program HC 2905 students in Spring 2022 in collaboration with the Southeast Ohio History Center.
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Peter Borchard, Companion Plants 2022: Athens Farmers Market
Peter Borchard and Aya Cathey
Peter Borchard, President and Founder of Companion Plants discusses his history as an Athens resident, an entrepreneur, and a member of the Athens Farmers Market in celebration of the organization's 50th year anniversary.
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The Ridges Oral History
Mary Cochran and Charles Cook
Mary was interviewed about her experience as a volunteer at The Ridges in the 1990's. At this time it was still a functioning state mental hospital.
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Oral History Interview With Shane Donohue: Working With The Ridges
Shane Donohue and Alison Mingus
An interview with Athens, Ohio local Shane Donohue over her experiences as an employee with the Athens Lunatic Asylum as a high school student. In this interview, her average day is described, as well as some of her personal reflections from having work in medical records at a mental institution so young.
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The Ridges: An Oral History
George Eberts and Tate Raub
An interview with Ohio University professor about his experience as an employee at The Ridges.
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Gregory Howard Interview by Jack Knudson, April 2, 2022
Gregory Howard and Jack Knudson
An interview conducted with Gibson Ridge Farms co-owner Gregory Howard on April 2, 2022. Before becoming a vendor for the Athens Farmers Market in 1996, Howard worked across the U.S. in civil engineering and heavy industrial construction management positions. In the interview, Howard talks about sustainable farming practices, nutrition, and the future of agriculture in America.
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Athens Farmers Market 50th Anniversary, Thorn Ridge Farm
Rae Ann Johnson-Levine and Josie Donohue
On March 24th, 2022, I sat down with Rae Ann Johnson-Levine of Thorn Ridge Farm and talked about her life and background growing up with agriculture and her business endeavors at the Athens Farmers Market in Athens, Ohio.
Rae has been a vendor at the market since 2000 and sells flowers with fresh cut bouquets with foraged elements, perennial, annual, house plants, and buckets of cut flowers. Rae vends from April to September each year.
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Ed Perkins Interviewed by Sarah Romer, April 3, 2022
Ed Perkins and Sarah Romer
Oral history interview with Ed Perkins, a long-time vender at the Athens Farmers Market in Athens County, Ohio. His farm, Sassafras Farm, has been using organic-growing methods and selling their vegetables, herbs, berries, and jams for almost thirty years. Ed has seen the market evolve and expand over time. He discusses the impact of the market on the local producers in the area.
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Matt Rapposelli Interview by Josh Zielinski, March 21, 2022
Matt Rapposelli and Josh Zielinski
This interview covers the experiences Matt Rapposelli, former owner of the Big Chimney Baking Co., in regards to the Athens Farmers Market from the early 1990s until his departure in the early 2000s. Additionally, his culinary career is also discussed, as is the story of his bakery, which was based out of Canaanville, Ohio.
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Shew Family Farms Shares Their Story In Honor of Athen's Farmers Market 50th Anniversary
Marjorie Shew and Kassidy Rock
Member of the Athens Farmers Market since1984, Marjie Shew of Shew Family Farms, now known as Shew's Grassfed Beef, shares her story. From beginning in upstate New York to living on a commune in West Virginia, to owning an orchard with her husband in Morgan County, Ohio and every step in between.
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Eric Wagner Oral History - Athens Farmers Market
Eric Wagner and Ethan Bloomfield
This is an oral history of the Athens Farmers Market from Wagner Fruit Farm patriarch Eric Wagner.