Source: SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 8/3/17

It all began in 1962 when Marion Cox paid $8,000 for 75 acres of farmland near Monroe in Union County. That was the launch for what would become a large, diversified North Carolina family farm that is well known for both its stewardship and productivity. “We continued to buy land as we could afford it. We would clear the land and make farm land out of it,” Marion said.

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