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Fridays On The Farm: Farming is Poetry for Retired Marine


This week, meet Fredie Manes, retired Marine and self-proclaimed “market gardener.” Life after the military led Fredie and his wife, Patti, back to Louisiana and into gardening and enjoying the “poetry” of planting.

Click here to read the interactive, multimedia #FridaysOnTheFarm story.

Access a text-only version of this multimedia story here. (PDF, 70 KB).

Each Friday meet farmers, producers, and landowners through our #FridaysOnTheFarm stories. Click here to read more stories.