Source: Mackensy Lunsford, ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, 4/21/20


Gaining Ground farmer Aaron Grier calls Rhubarb and Benne chef and owner John Fleer a "bellwether."
Merriam-Webster traces that word to when shepherds hung a bell around the neck of one sheep, designating it the leader of the flock. "If every farm had a John Fleer, our agricultural landscape would be transformed around Asheville," Grier said. "That sounds dramatic, but it's fact."

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