Source: Tim Linden, PRODUCE NEWS, 6/3/20


Though the Flavor 1st company name is only 15 years old, the roots run clear back to the 18th Century in western North Carolina. The company’s timeline noted that James Johnson first cleared land and began to farm in Henderson County, North Carolina in 1798. Members of the Johnson lineage, eight generations removed from the original, are still farming in that same area and have successfully built a year-round vegetable operation that includes farming ...

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