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The Future of Farming

by Abigail Bobrow
Ed Lanham speaks to members of the Leadership Lebanon/Marion County in the front yard of his home near Gravel Switch. He spoke on the importance of the preserving agriculture in Marion County.
Ed Lanham studies Layla, his yearling Tennessee walking horse, at his farm near Gravel Switch.
Ed Lanham gives his neighbor, Cornelia McCarty, a kiss good-bye. Lanham purchased the land on which McCarty was a tenant for over thirty years. She raised nine children without runnnig water. Ed installed plumbing and doesn't charge her rent.
Ed Lanham, an agricultural agent with the University of Kentucky, walks down the road from Jon Michael's Hidden Hallow Preserve in Bradfordsville where he raises Arabian horses and buffalo. Lanham paid a visit to Michael who had recently been sick.
Ed Lanham, an agriculture extension agent with the University of Kentucky, and Frank Cardenas pull a mother goat by her horns to another barn so that she and her kids can have more room. Cardenas, who raises goats at his Gravel Switch farm, had a number of kids born at the same time. Lanham is paying a visit to the farm to check on the status of their herd.
Ed Lanham, an agricultural extension agent with the University of Kentucky, receives a ride up the hill to Jon Michael's home in Bradfordsville. Lanham was paying a visit to Michael who had recently been sick.
Joyce Cardenas and Ed Lanham, an agriculture extension agent at the University of Kentucky, take a break on Cardenas' Gravel Switch farm. Lanham visiting Cardenas to check on the status of her goats.
Ed Lanham, an agriculture extension agent at the University of Kentucky, and Debby Mattingly walk her sheep to another patch of grazing area.

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