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IN THIS ISSUE

Farm Bureau Matters

Randy Veach | Page 3

Thinking Out Loud

Rodney Baker | Page 5

Lost Worlds Beneath the Ozarks Keith Sutton | Page 8

The Secret Garden

Lindsey Triplett | Page 16

Taste Arkansas

Mollie Dykes | Page 24

Land & People

Rob Anderson | Page 26

In the Kitchen

Mollie Dykes | Page 28

Building Wealth

Anna Glenn | Page 32

Delta Child

Talya Tate Boerner | Page 36

ON THE COVER

Kaylyn and Logan Loupe of Gonzales, La., enjoy a visit to Cosmic Cavern near Berryville, one of nine “show caves” in Arkansas open for public tours.

Photo by Keith Sutton

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Farm Bureau Matters

by Randy Veach | President, Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation

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rkansas landowners were granted a reprieve, possibly only temporarily, from the overreaching and arbitrary action of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which is using the feel-good image of “clean water” to implement restrictive land-use requirements.

While clean water is certainly one of government’s responsibilities, rest assured this effort by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) isn’t about clean water. It’s about a radical expansion of jurisdiction by EPA, despite Supreme Court rulings that suggest EPA is beyond its regulatory purview and without a directive from Congress. From our view it seems the EPA is bound and determined to restrict land use in ways that will be overly burdensome, particularly to farmers and ranchers.

Thankfully, U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson issued a temporary injunction in late August, blocking EPA from enacting its “Waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) rule in 13 states (Arkansas included), bringing a bit of sanity to an otherwise bewildering situation.

Judge Erickson’s injunction will remain in place until a complete hearing is held to determine the merits of the challenges filed by 13 attorneys general, including Leslie Rutledge, who we offer our gratitude and thanks. In addition to Arkansas, the states included in the injunction are Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. This Waters of the U.S. rule simply has to be stopped, not temporarily by injunction, but permanently.

EPA needs to withdraw this rule and start over. Its new rule places farmers in the agency’s crosshairs for using the same safe, scientifically sound and federally approved crop protection tools they’ve used for years.

In 1972, the federal government passed landmark legislation in an effort to restore and maintain our country’s abundant water resources. This legislation, known as the Clean Water Act, became the primary federal law against water pollution, and Congress largely charged EPA to manage

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it in partnership with state environmental agencies. For more than 40 years, EPA has occupied that position; sometimes faithfully, but more often in an overly aggressive fashion.

The WOTUS rule extends EPA’s authority to include small rivers, streams and ponds. To say it would impact landowners in Arkansas is an understatement. We’re blessed with abundant water resources, all of which would be brought under EPA regulation if the WOTUS rule is allowed to stand.

Our farmers, ranchers, developers and landowners would be subject to permit requirements for things like fertilizer, crop protection products and pest-control products. EPA would be able to determine what are “normal farming practices” from its perch in Washington, D.C. Farmers could conceivably be forced to get a permit if they changed crops, say from a hayfield to a corn field. And because of this EPA mandate, the door is wide open for farmers and ranchers to be attacked with nuisance lawsuits from disjointed third parties.

Judge Erickson’s injunction included some strong language, including evidence that EPA was arbitrary and capricious in its rulemaking. “It appears likely that the EPA has violated its Congressional grant of authority in its promulgation of the rule,” he said as part of the ruling. He also says the rule suffers from a “fatal defect” of allowing regulation of ditches and streams that weren’t connected to navigable waters.

Even in the face of this injunction order, EPA has asserted it will enforce the new rule in the 37 states not part of the injunction. This unlawful rule will continue to create uncertainty and legal risk for commonplace land uses like farming and ranching.

And that’s not the way things should work in the United States of America. Thank goodness Judge Erickson saw it that way. Arkansas benefits from this injunction, but EPA is set to spread its regulatory authority far beyond its intended reach.

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Thinking Out Loud

by Rodney Baker | Executive Vice President, Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation

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ovelist J.M. Barrie created the beloved character Peter Pan, a boy who never aged while living out his adventures in a place called NeverNeverland. There was always something enticing and intriguing about that life and never getting older. I’m betting a similar stay on Father Time is something our farmers and ranchers would readily accept if they could.

The average age of today’s farmer is 58 years old. Think about that. The ability to produce food is one of this country’s great strengths. Yet with the average age of today’s farmer/rancher being 58, from where is the next generation of tomorrow’s food producers in this country going to come? Imagine if the average age of medical doctors and nurses in this country was 58 years old; or school teachers? How to solve those problems would be regularly reported on and debated in the national media.

Right now, the U.S. exports more of what we grow and raise than we import. Agriculture is Arkansas’ #1 business income producer, and the workforce associated with it makes up one out of every six jobs in the state.

Agriculture is critically important to the U.S. and Arkansas. Presently, there are barriers that need to be thoughtfully addressed preventing those wanting to farm from entering the profession.

Your Arkansas Farm Bureau is working with today’s young food producers throughout the state. We are proud of our Young Farmers & Ranchers (YF&R) program. It actively engages young people involved in production agriculture. For almost all of these young farmers, it’s a lifestyle choice. They want to raise their families on the farm, and they’re committed and passionate about what they do. To make ends meet in today’s world, the husband or wife — or both — may even work an off-the-farm job, too.

Our role is not to create new farmers. Rather we seek to engage younger farmers, providing a conduit for

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information, involvement and leadership development that allows and encourages them to be actively engaged in ag policy development. Those policies will help them and set the table for success for those wanting to enter farming in the future.

The development of YF&R leaders at Farm Bureau grew for the 10th straight year, especially within our Collegiate Farm Bureau program that now has eight college chapters and 368 members. A state collegiate meeting held in conjunction with our YF&R conference in February was attended by 90 of our collegiate members, and 332 young farmers attended the conference. Eighteen leadership workshops (six specifically for collegiate members) that trained young farmers and ranchers to effectively speak on agricultural issues, work with the media, develop policy, learn how to use social media to spread the positive farming message and a chance to discuss the issues affecting them as young agriculturists were part of the overall program.

These discussions continued at our Officers and Leaders conference in July with the keynote address given by Greg Peterson, one of the Peterson Farm Brothers. They are young farmers who have found a way to spread the positive message of the farming life through their popular song parodies on YouTube. I encourage you to check them out at petersonfarmbros.com.

The reality to attract younger people into farming will take more than Peter Pan’s refusal to grow up on a place called Never-Neverland. The efforts in developing beneficial policy by today’s young farmers and ranchers will lay critical groundwork to make others want to farm and give them a fighting chance to be successful once they take the plunge. I’m proud of our young farmers and ranchers and the successes they’ve achieved so far.

They are a great strength that this country’s ag policy needs to reflect.

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Visitors to Arkansas’ show caves see amazing sights, like the formations within this massive room in Hurricane River Cave near Pindall.

Beneath the Ozarks The Show Caves of Arkansas

Article and photos by Keith Sutton

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eep beneath a wooded slope in the Ozarks, water slowly drips from the roof of a cave. The drops plummet through darkness to the floor of a room no human has ever seen. The songs of birds have never been heard here. The scent of wildflowers has never hung in the air. For millions of years, the only sounds were the repetitive sounds of dripping water.

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Then, one day in 1891, voices drift through the air. Bank robbers have squeezed through the cave’s narrow opening to hide their loot. Their torches illuminate incredible sights.

Stone icicles hang overhead. Rock draperies cascade down the walls. Tall pillars of calcite bond floor and ceiling.

For the first time, someone sees what the water drops have made.

Later, when the sheriff finds the stolen money, the landowner learns about the cave on his property. What he sees inside is so spectacular, he decides to widen the entrance and charge admission to see it. Two years later, in 1893, Robin’s Cave opens for public tours. Known now as Onyx Cave, it is the first of Arkansas’ show caves.

The fact that Onyx Cave remains open 122 years after tourists first paid to see it says a lot about our fascination with caves. We love visiting these subterranean realms, because we find them both terrifying and beautiful — like a haunted house and art gallery in one. We fear their eternal cold darkness, crumbling ceilings, narrow passages and bats.

Yet millions of us visit caves to see the incredible things contained therein: glittering stalactites, stalagmites, draperies and flowstones; rocks formed into ships, castles, dragons, popcorn, bacon, coral, soda straws, flowers, witches and brains; and all this in the colors of the rainbow.

Each formation was created by minuscule mineral deposits left by water drops falling throughout eons of time. Imagine Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel with an eyelash.

He would have finished his frescoes far quicker than nature completes a single column in a cave.

Unfortunately, vandalism, illegal mining, groundwater pollution and other threats have devastated many caves and cave creatures. Of extreme concern is white-nosed syndrome, a disease recently found in Arkansas that has killed millions of bats elsewhere. To prevent its spread here, scores of caves previously open to the public are now off limits. As a result, opportunities for cave exploring are very limited.

The good news is Arkansas still has nine show caves open for public tours. All have been open for decades and contain wonders of nature that make them well worth visiting. Call ahead or visit their websites for current hours, prices and tour information.

Blanchard Springs Caverns

Location: 15 miles northwest of Mountain View off Arkansas Highway 14 Information: blanchardsprings.org, 870-757-2211 The man for whom Blanchard Springs is named never entered the caverns. John Blanchard built a gristmill at the spring in the 1880s, but then, the only cave entrances were through the gushing spring itself and via a 75-foot vertical sinkhole few people dared challenge. It wasn’t until the 1960s that professional spelunkers thoroughly explored the

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Blanchard Springs Caverns’ Soda Straw Room is a fantasyland full of otherworldly formations.

underground world described in a 1964 issue of “Life” magazine as “one of the most extraordinary cave finds of the century.” Few caves in the world are more beautiful.

The U.S. Forest Service opened Blanchard Caverns in 1973.

The earliest tours followed today’s Dripstone Trail, an easy, half-mile route where visitors see rooms filled with stalactites, soda straws and a natural bridge, as well as the 1,100-foot-long Cathedral Room, which includes a column six stories high.

The 1.2-mile-long Discovery Trail tour opened in 1977. The 1½ hour hike is arduous, including 686 stair steps. But those who tackle it see the natural entrance where spelunkers first descended into the cave, the underground stream that exits the caverns as Blanchard Springs and enormous, beautifully decorated rooms like the Ghost Room with its shimmering white flowstones.

The Wild Cave Tour, by reservation only for groups of three to 12, provides advanced participants a chance to explore undeveloped parts of the cave.

Cool cave fact: In 1965, Grammy-Award-winning folk singer Jimmy Driftwood of Timbo immortalized Blanchard Caverns on his album “I Hear Your People Singing.” A Google search will turn up many places where you can hear his song “Blanchard Cave.”

Bull Shoals Caverns

Location: 1011 C. S. Woods Boulevard, Bull Shoals Information: bullshoalscaverns.com, 870-445-7177 Walking through the narrow corridors of Bull Shoals Caverns differs greatly from a tour of Blanchard Springs’ large rooms. Here beneath the town of Bull Shoals,

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Clay walls glisten with thousands of coins placed there by wish makers visiting Bull Shoals Caverns. This colorful cave salamander was seen on a tour of the same cave. Bats, cave crickets and other creatures inhabit many Arkansas show caves.

everything is mere inches from the viewer, including beautiful columns, stalactites, stalagmites, draperies, cave coral, helictites and cave creatures like salamanders and bats.

The cave opened for tours in 1959.

In the Cathedral Room, guides strike cave formations with a padded stick, creating eerie chime-like music. Near the back of the cave, the clay walls sparkle with thousands of coins. Guests are told to make a wish and then throw a coin at the wall. If the coin sticks, your wish comes true, or so the story goes.

Cool cave fact: Ever thought you might want to get married in a cave? For a fee, you can arrange to wed in Bull Shoals Cavern’s Diamond Chapel room, which has an altar made of crystal.

Cosmic Cavern

On a tour of Cosmic Cavern near Berryville, guests gaze into the depths of a large underground lake, the bottom of which has never been found. Trout once were stocked here.

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Location: 6386 Highway 21 North, Berryville Information: cosmiccavern.com, 870-749-2298 In 1845, three men prospecting for lead and silver discovered this cave. Their last name was Moore, so the place was named Moore’s Cavern. The title didn’t stick, however.

Before it became Cosmic Cavern in 1972, it also was known as Bear Cave, Johnson’s Cave, Majestic Cave, Maple Cave, Maple Springs Cave, Mystery Cave and Mystic Cave. When a

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group of men first explored it, they descended 200 feet on a rope to reach the cave floor. More than eight decades passed before tours started in 1927.

Today, as visitors venture into Cosmic Cavern, strategic illumination casts lights and shadows onto a wonderland of stalactites, stalagmites, flowstones, soda straws, helictites, cave bacon, draperies and many other “speleothems.” The Silent Splendor room was discovered in 1993 and contains delicate soda straw formations up to 9 feet long. Underground lakes seen on the tour are so deep, their bottoms have yet to be discovered. For many years, the 48-degree waters were stocked with trout that turned ghostly white from living in darkness.

The trout are gone, but watch closely, and you could spot an unusual Ozark blind salamander.

Cool cave fact: During the 1920s, new Model A Fords had onyx gearshift knobs. These decorative knobs were made of onyx taken from formations inside Cosmic Cavern.

Hurricane River Cave

Location: Off U.S. Highway 65 near Pindall, 16 miles south of Harrison Information: hurricanerivercaverns.com, 870-429-6200 Most Arkansas caves have dark, foreboding entrances. Not so Hurricane River Cave. Guests walk through the spider-web motif entrance gate and marvel at the beauty of a tall waterfall coursing down from another cave entrance high above.

The cave’s interior is marvelously beautiful, too. The level trail follows an ancient underground riverbed into rooms full of colorful stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, draperies, soda straws, rimstone dams, cave popcorn, columns and unusual formations like moonmilk and stalactoflats. The Cathedral Room and Theater Room soar more than four stories high. Bats often are seen hanging from the ceiling.

Cool cave fact: Claw marks, tracks and bones show that prehistoric bears once denned in Hurricane River Cave. In 1976, spelunkers also discovered the near-complete skeleton of a saber-toothed cat. These tiger-size animals went extinct 11,000 years ago.

USA theme park, and in 1967, a bulldozer working on the parking lot uncovered a separate but unknown cave adjacent Mystic Caverns. This discovery, full of undisturbed formations, was later named Crystal Dome.

You can tour both caves, but if you have time to see only one, see Crystal Dome. Mystic has interesting formations like the “Pipe Organ,” a 28-foot-tall column. But soot-blackened walls and broken formations distract from the beauty. Crystal Dome, on the other hand, is the epitome of pristine. Delicate soda straws, pools with cave pearls, sawtooth draperies and abundant pure-white flowstone draw the eyes throughout the tour. The 80-foot-high dome glistens from bottom to top.

Cool cave fact: Locals once used the largest room in Mystic Cave for parties and dancing. Many partook of beverages from a moonshiner’s still there.

Visitors first toured the beautiful interior of Onyx Cave in 1893, making it the oldest show cave in Arkansas.

Mystic Caverns and Crystal Dome

Location: 341 Caverns Dr. off Arkansas Scenic 7 Byway, 8 miles south of Harrison Information: mysticcaverns.com, 870-743-1739 Mystic Caverns opened for tours in the late 1920s, about 90 years after the sinkhole entrance was discovered. Guests climbed down a ladder and viewed the spectacular formations by lantern light. In 1938, however, the cave closed for 11 years, because the state deemed it unsafe. During that time, vandals damaged many cave formations, and fires under moonshine stills smoked up the walls and ceiling.

The cave reopened in 1950, with a spiral-staircase entrance and electric lighting. It was purchased in 1966 by Dogpatch

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On a tour of War Eagle Cavern, visitors hear tales about outlaws, moonshiners and others who once used the cave for a hideout.

Old Spanish Treasure Cave

Location: 14290 N. Highway 59, Sulphur Springs Information: spanish-treasure-cave.com, 479-787-6508 Old Spanish Treasure Cave, opened to the public in the 1930s, doesn’t have many beautiful cave formations. What it does have is an interesting story about a lost treasure.

Legend has it that Spanish conquistadors in the 1500s hid gold and other valuables deep in the cave after an Indian attack. A Spanish map showing the gold’s location supposedly surfaced in the late 1800s, prompting treasure hunters to start digging there. The treasure, if it existed, hasn’t been found, but the current cave owners continue the quest and show visitors sites where extensive excavations are underway. It’s worth the price of a tour ticket to hear firsthand the stories of these modern-day treasure hunters.

Unique here is a Camp in the Cave educational program designed for youth groups. In October, there’s also a Haunted Cavern event for Halloween.

Cool cave fact: In 1967, the Benton County Civil Defense organization signed a lease for use of Old Spanish Treasure Cave as an emergency fallout shelter for up to 340 people.

Onyx Cave

Location: 338 Onyx Cave Lane, Eureka Springs Information: onyxcaveeurekasprings.com, 479-253-9321 The oldest Arkansas show cave is unique for its lack of tour guides. Instead of waiting to meet guides at an assigned time, guests are given headphones and can immediately begin a self-guided tour. Along the way are transmitter boxes with lighted green buttons on top. When a button is pushed, interesting formations are lighted, and a narrator describes

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them. Easy-to-walk paths direct visitors to interesting formations such as the Onyx Elephant, Friendly Dragon and Witch’s Fireplace. Thirty minutes is all it takes, but you can stay as long as you like to shoot photographs.

Cool cave fact: All the cave scenes in the movie “It’s Alive” were filmed at Onyx Cave. This 1969 horror film features a psychotic farmer who traps people in a cave to feed a hideous monster inside.

War Eagle Cavern

Location: 21494 Cavern Drive off Scenic Highway 12 between Eureka Springs and Rogers Information: wareaglecavern.com, 479-789-2909 A walk along the stream flowing through War Eagle Cavern provides fascinating views of waterfalls, fossils, rimstone dams and cave creatures like bats. But this is not a cave for those hoping to see exquisite cave formations. Instead, history comes alive as friendly, story-telling guides share tales of Indians, soldiers, moonshiners and outlaws like Jesse James who are said to have used War Eagle. Tours began in 1978, making this one of the newest show caves in the country.

War Eagle Cavern’s spectacular natural entrance sits in a boxed canyon on Beaver Lake. Following heavy rainfall, water pours in torrents from cave to lake, creating a remarkable sight. Many visitors arrive in boats for a cave visit. There’s also a fossil dig area for children, including the “Big Dig” where young archaeologists can uncover the bones of a mastodon.

Cool cave fact: Legend has it that Frank and Jesse James used War Eagle Cavern as a hideout. It is appropriate then that Rob Lowe, Randy Travis and Bill Paxton filmed scenes for the movie “Frank and Jesse” there in 1994.

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The secret garden

Dunbar Garden Program Coordinator Damian Thompson.

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ith dirty hands, dusty, tousled hair and a sweat-beaded brow, Damian reaches to pull another squash off the stem before it’s too hard to eat.

In a matter of minutes, he proudly shows off a basket full of yellow and green produce before taking his pickings back to the barn to prepare for sale. Damian Thompson serves as program coordinator for an urban farm in the heart of inner-city south Little Rock called Dunbar Garden.

Dunbar sits on a 2-acre plot, wedged between a library, elementary school and houses sitting side by side. What started in 1992 as an empty lot has blossomed into a flourishing community garden, but also a home to livestock, popular place to volunteer and an exciting outdoor classroom. The urban farm serves its local community through partnerships with the Little Rock Parks and Recreation Department, Gibbs and Dunbar schools and local libraries.

During the school year, students ranging from preschool to eighth grade gather around Thompson with wide eyes as he brings to life topics they’ve only seen and heard about in textbooks.

Subjects like plant reproduction, the worm’s digestive system, bee pollination and how food travels from the farm to the store are covered in Dunbar’s gardening and environmental education classes. When he began working at Dunbar Garden, Thompson’s main interest was the biology and botany side of urban farming. What he didn’t expect was to develop a love for teaching.

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“I didn’t have any plans to teach, but it works out really well. I didn’t know I was good at that,” he said, chuckling at the thought. A little more than 50 classes a month are taught at Dunbar while school is in session, and for Thompson, it’s as much of a learning experience as it is for the children. Through giving daily tours, solving problems in the garden, meeting new volunteers and answering offthe-wall questions from hungry young minds, Thompson enjoys gaining wisdom from those who visit the garden.

“Even getting stumped and having to talk to the class next month to give them the answer that I couldn’t give them last time,” he said. “Those types of questions are really fun.” Dunbar offers a unique educational experience for everyone involved.

From the spectrum of questions asked, Thompson says a reoccurring one is, “Can we eat this?” He serves as a constant reminder to students entering the garden how food is grown and produced before it reaches their plate.

“It’s interesting to watch kids wrap their head around the fact their food doesn’t have to come from a store,” he said.

“That it actually does come from a thing which is oftentimes stinky, dirty, sharp, pointy or itchy. It’s hard work. It doesn’t just happen.”

Learning doesn’t stop with elementary students and Thompson. Teenagers and adults both arrive daily to see all Dunbar has to offer. Some come with eager hearts and working hands to volunteer time and physical labor in the garden. Others, like chef Chris McMillan from Boulevard Bistro in Little Rock, come to purchase the farm’s harvest.

McMillan comes to Dunbar garden at least once a week to buy produce he uses to create his dishes.

“I feel like it’s important to buy local,” he said. “Dunbar is specifically important, because it’s inner-city. It’s doing something for the community. There are lots of opportunities to buy local, and we have farms right outside of town, but this here is doing something for our community. It’s literally changing lives. It’s very important, and the more support they can get, the better.”

McMillan designs his menu around what is seasonally available and offered at Dunbar Garden. “Most of the time, I have to take what he’s got or what someone else has got, and I have to build something with it,” he said. “It’s a back and forth.

What do I want to do, and what do I have to work with?”

Other restaurants take advantage of using Dunbar goods, too, such as Little Rock’s Damgoode Pies. “They buy all the basil we can grow. We’ve been working with those guys for years,” Thompson said as he pointed out multiple rows of the bright green, leafy plant. Damgoode Pies even brews a special beer called “Dunbar Wild” using a yeast strain cultivated from a plum grown in Dunbar Garden.

Farmers markets and Dunbar’s annual fundraiser give the public an opportunity to take home some of their products.

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Dunbar Garden is mostly sustained by the sale of what is grown and raised there. Wind generates power, and volunteers from the community work the garden plots.

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“We’re here mainly for education but also for the produce that comes out and gets to go all over,” Thompson said. “Even the neighbors walk over and buy things or trade stuff. They will even pick up pecans and bring us pecan pie later. It’s cool stuff.”

What may be the most impressive aspect about Dunbar Garden is its self-sustainability. While donations are a big part of the garden’s success and are greatly appreciated, the majority of the farm’s profits come from selling its goods.

The farm’s energy is powered by a three-blade windmill that sits on the north side of the plot, towering over the garden.

The windmill provides a visible, renewable energy source while also providing an interesting tool for teaching. Aside from Thompson and one other paid employee, all of the planting, maintenance and harvesting is graciously done by volunteers who randomly work each day.

Some, like Kyle Hicks, are new to Dunbar’s list of volunteers. Although he’s only been volunteering for a short time, he’s been faithful in his service by coming three days in a row. As a social studies teacher at Camp Robinson, Hicks saw an opportunity to use Dunbar as a tool for teaching his students. “One of our program components is service to the community. I came, because I’m going to bring my students here eventually, so they can volunteer and learn,” Hicks said. “I want to bring them out here, and let them see what hard work can eventually

become and look like.” He even has plans to encourage other teachers at his school to join his idea of using Dunbar for hands-on experience.

Other volunteers have been involved with Dunbar for much longer, but still radiate a passion for the community garden. For Thompson, seeing individuals willingly volunteer provided him a new outlook on service. “It gives you a different state of mind if you’re seeing them happily volunteering versus being there to toil and trudge,” he said.

“We’ve got a lot of community support. They love the place.

They’re glad this is here.”

Lorraine Coleman has actively volunteered for three years with no plans of stopping anytime soon. “What hooked me,” Coleman said, “was I saw there was a chance for unity, because I saw people who would work hard and work together. I love unity.”

It didn’t take elaborate sentences to illustrate what the garden means to Coleman and many others. Rather, it shows with one simple word, unity. This small plot of land in the middle of an economically challenged neighborhood is much more than an urban farm. It’s a home, a place of solitude and relaxation. Dunbar Garden has created a family. A family unique and full of passion, working to change the way urban citizens view agriculture; a family strengthening the Dunbar community by working together, creating a rare unity.

Dunbar Garden is an urban farm used to teach city youths about how food is produced before it winds up in a grocery store. During the school year, more than 50 classes a month are taught there.

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Six questions for the new 2015-2016 Miss Arkansas Rice Lynnsey Bowling of Woodruff County Compiled by Mollie Dykes

1. What made you want to become Miss Arkansas Rice?

“I was approached by Mrs. Janice Marsh in church one day about trying out for Miss Woodruff County Rice. At first, I was hesitant, because I do not come from a farm family.

But I was assured that does not play a factor in the competition. I also wanted to use the experience to learn more about how much the rice industry does for Arkansas. I enjoyed meeting and talking with people and entering the competition gave me this opportunity.”

2. How did it feel when you were crowned Miss Arkansas Rice?

“There is only one word to describe how I felt when I was crowned Miss Arkansas Rice: shock. To be perfectly honest, I already had it in my head who was going to win. When the announcements for first and second runner-up were announced, I thought to myself, ‘Wow! Both of those girls were great. Who beat them?’ While I was thinking that, my name was called as Miss Arkansas Rice, and I did not even hear it. My mom patted me on the back and said, ‘That’s you!’ I was so shocked and as I walked up front to be crowned, tears began to form in my eyes. I did not even know what to think. It is a huge honor, because Woodruff County has not had a Miss Rice in over 30 years and has never had one to be crowned Miss Arkansas Rice.

I was definitely on cloud nine!”

3. Why do you believe it’s important to educate people about rice, rice production and the rice industry in Arkansas?

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“I think that it is very, very important to educate people about rice, rice production and the rice industry in Arkansas, because it provides so much — not only for Arkansas — but for the entire nation. It’s a big deal that 50 percent of the rice grown in America is grown here in Arkansas. The rice industry also provides over 25,000 jobs in Arkansas, which are all important to rural communities.”

4. Tell us about the rice industry in your own county, Woodruff County.

“Woodruff County is in the top 10 rice-producing counties in the state of Arkansas. There are nearly 300 functioning farms in the county, as well. Nineteen percent of the population in Woodruff County is employed in the rice industry. For such a small county, Woodruff County greatly contributes to the rice industry.”

5. What do you plan to do to continue promoting rice and Arkansas agriculture during your time as Miss Arkansas Rice?

“To continue promoting rice and Arkansas agriculture, I plan to continue making public appearances where I will help educate people on the rice industry. I will definitely continue to promote rice and healthy eating habits to children. Hopefully, I can encourage kids to make healthier eating choices and to add more rice to their diets. I also plan to continue promoting rice on my Facebook page, Miss Arkansas Rice 2015-2016. Social

New Miss Arkansas Rice Lynnsey Bowling receives her crown from 2013-14 winner Jenna Martin. photo by Keith Sutton

media has such a huge impact on peoples’ daily lives. And if I can catch peoples’ eyes by posting healthy recipes and important facts about the rice industry, then I have done my job. The world of social media is huge and by the single click of a button, someone can share something interesting about rice from my page with their friends, which is so incredibly awesome.”

6. What are your future plans?

“Since I will be graduating in the spring of 2016, making future plans is a big deal right now. In the fall of 2016, I will attend Arkansas State University in Jonesboro where I plan to major in physical therapy with a specialization in pediatrics.”

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From battlefields to farm fields Veteran signs up for farm duty

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amon Helton is a veteran farmer.

Correction: Damon Helton is a veteran and a farmer. Helton is a decorated veteran of the U.S. armed forces with five deployments between Iraq and Afghanistan, but he’s a relative newcomer to agriculture.

Still, watching Helton zoom urgently around his 165-acre property in Saline County on his four-wheeler, you notice nothing that gives him away as a neophyte farmer. In fact, he looks quite at home as he

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checks in on his grazing cattle or prepares to move his broiler bird “schooner” to fresh pasture. This all makes sense when you talk to him and learn that the farming lifestyle is exactly what he wanted and needed for himself and his family.

“Farming really brought me back home. It got me back to my roots — no pun intended,” Helton said. “I’m around my kids every day.

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When I was out working, I wasn’t able to teach them that stuff. Now that I’m on the farm and doing that, I can’t tell you how blessed I am and how great it feels.”

He explained that, around 2011, he and his wife, Jana, were out for a drive in the country when they saw a “For Sale” sign on the property that is now their farm. The couple fell in love with the land and came to the decision that farming would be their future.

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“The Farmer-Veteran coalition really served as a mentorship avenue for me.

I’m able to reach out and find guys who’ve built successful farming operations,” Helton said. “They provide tremendous marketing support and (advice on) how we can bring our product to market. And there’s the label — the ‘Homegrown by Heroes’ label. It’s such a great feeling to know that not only did I produce this product, but it warrants this label. It signifies to us as veterans that we’re still out there serving. We protected our country on the battlefield overseas, and we feel that we’re protecting our country now by providing a quality product and feeding people. It’s a badge of honor for us.”

The Heltons and their four children live on the farm in a house they refurbished, and they focus on sustainable agriculture. “We do pastured poultry, grass-fed beef, and we’re going to be getting into forested pork. And we’re going to take on turkeys next year.

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Sandwich-inspired rice dip Reuben’s flavor recreated Compiled by Mollie Dykes

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However, Bowling says it also works well as a casserole. It’s filling and is great either way.

Reuben Rice Dip is the unique creation of 2015-16 Miss Arkansas Rice, Lynnsey Bowling.

The dip is inspired by the flavors of her favorite sandwich. photo by Keith Sutton

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Identity theft may take several forms, most of which focus on generating revenue for criminals. Thieves use stolen credit cards to make fraudulent purchases, for example, or they apply for health-care benefits with poached identification. By obtaining the right personal data, criminals can open the door to nearly any existing financial account.

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No matter how identity theft occurs, it can cause significant harm. Victims may discover fraudulent debts lingering on their credit reports, or their reputation might be tarnished by criminal acts that were committed in their name. Lowered credit scores and other long-term impacts could also arise. Identity theft may affect a victim’s ability to secure employment or housing.

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Thanks to scores of recent data breaches — at retailers, insurers, universities and nearly every other type of organization — cyber thieves don’t even need to spend time stealing paperwork or plastic cards. Instead, they now enjoy unprecedented access to consumers’ personal information online. With a few clicks of a mouse and perhaps a few dollars paid on an underground website, criminals can use stolen data to apply for loans through online lenders, file phony tax returns, reroute retirement disbursements and open new charge accounts, all from the comfort of home.

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Complete mailing address of headquarters of General Business office of Publisher: Same as #7. 9. Full names and complete mailing address of Publisher, Editor and Managing Editor: Publisher, Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation; Executive Editor, Steve Eddington; Editor, Gregg Patterson. All addresses same as #7. 10.

Owner: Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation. 11. Know Bondholders, Mortgages and other Security Holders owning or holding 1 percent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other securities: None. 12. Tax Status: unchanged. 13. Publication title: Front Porch.

14. Issue date for Circulation date: Summer 2015. 15.

Extent and nature of circulation: Average no. copies each issue during preceding 12 months: Actual no. copies of single issue published nearest to filing date.

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Total Distribution: 179,859 (most recent 182,199).

15g. Copies not distributed: 1,212 (most recent 650).

15h. Total: 187,298 (most recent 189,656). 15i.

Percent paid and/or requested circulation: 100%. 16.

This statement of ownership will be printed in the Fall 2015 issue of the publication. 17. Signature and Title of Editor, Publisher, Business Manager or Owner: Gregg Patterson Date: 9/25/15

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DELTA CHILD

Our painted house

by Talya Tate Boerner

painting by Stephen W. Wilcox

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e lived in a plain, white farmhouse. Momma agreed there was nothing remarkable about it.

“I’m thinking about painting the house,” she casually mentioned at the breakfast table. “The girls can help after school.”

“Cool!” I cheered. “White is boring. Let’s paint it bright yellow, like that house in Keiser next to the post office.”

Daddy looked up from his bowl of GrapeNuts. “Over my dead body. You’ll quit halfway through, and it’ll be my problem. I’m about to start picking cotton, and I sure don’t have time to mess with a half-painted house.” I watched Daddy’s mouth and the way he spoke in a low growl almost without moving his lips.

I could tell he hated the idea as much as the time Momma suggested converting the extra bedroom into a sewing room. She refilled Daddy’s coffee cup without another word about it. She was patient that way.

Five days later after a particularly dull day at school, my little sister and I stepped off the bus to see Momma standing high on a wooden ladder near the rock chimney. When she saw us, she grinned and waved to us with her paintbrush.

“Daddy’s gonna be mad,” my sister whispered to me. He had just started picking cotton, so I reckoned he would be too busy to notice.

Momma had selected beige paint, boring in my opinion and not that different from

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white, but it was fresh and clean nonetheless.

For the next several days, our new afterschool job included washing paint brushes with turpentine, carrying the ladder back to the pump house and hiding all of Momma’s tools in the shed before supper. Daddy lugged himself home well after dark covered in dust and smelling of cotton. During cotton harvest, his nightly routine was always the same — he grunted in our direction on his way to a hot shower and barely ate anything before collapsing into bed. He had no idea he snored in a twotoned house.

One Saturday morning after a trip to the hardware store for more paint, Momma laughed as she pulled the car into the driveway. “If your Daddy knew how crazy our house looked right now, we would all be in trouble.” Instead of starting on one corner and painting left to right in even, organized sections, she moved around with the shade. Our house was a patchwork of beige and white, and I saw nothing funny about it.

“What if he already knows and is waiting for the right time to kill us?” I asked. “I bet his gossipy farmer friends at the gas station already told him!”

“Farmers don’t have time to gossip while they’re picking cotton,” she said, sounding confident and not at all worried.

While Momma made good progress on the house, Daddy labored to get the cotton out of the fields before Thanksgiving. After heavy spring rains, harvest was unusually late that year.

Finally, on the Saturday Daddy picked his last field of cotton, Momma painted the last section of the house. It would have been perfect timing on Momma’s part except that was the day — the only day during weeks of picking cotton — Daddy decided to come home for lunch.

Sitting high in my treehouse, I saw his dirty truck slowly making its way down the highway in front of our house. Momma, who had become quite a pro at balancing the paint can on the highest ladder rung, painted the topmost eave. With the exception of that one final area, the outside of our entire house was now a different color, and the shutters were chocolate brown.

“Momma, Daddy’s coming!” I swung down from the tree yelling and waving my arms.

Momma stepped down from the ladder, went inside, washed her hands and made Daddy a bologna sandwich. Daddy never said a word about our painted house.

(Read other work by Talya on her blog “Grace and Gardening” found at www.gracegritsgarden.com.)

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