Happy Black History Month - Vern is a modern hero teaching children about where food comes from.

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We were passing through Kernersville, North Carolina and spotted this little white van, parked at a restaurant, with bold red letters and a large phone number printed on the side.
It read "History Making Farming Author - On the move"

We had to find out what this meant, so we called the number and it led us to a farm in Rural Hall, NC to meet a wonderful storyteller on a mission to teach children how to grow their own food.




Contact Vern
"The Watermelon Man"
http://www.vernswitzer.com/

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[evilborg]

Getting Dan Traveling withdrawals here !!

[dmccoig]

Hey Scott, how is your summer going?

We are editing one about the French and Indian War here in the Carolinas. Should be up within a few days.

Thanks for the push

[mktarrant]

dude, how do you afford to travel with the gas now?

[dmccoig]

No kidding, we haven't been anywhere in a bit, but the key is Jan's 97 Toyota Rav 4

Great Gas Mileage!

[Inky261]

I want lessons.

[dmccoig]

Hi Inky,

what kind of lessons would you like?

[ghuillieman]

Funny as he may be,as redneck as you think us Carolinians are,the fact remains,that with our knowledge of how to live off the land we will survive longer than those of you laughing.the jokes on "ya'll".lmfao at u.

[ReturnOfMerlin]

great man, great vision

[paulgordonca]

Hi

[Choctawu]

Excellence works!

[funkatraz]

I LOVE THIS GUY! they should make a flm about him and his relationship with the animals

[copefarms]

the catfish are not organically grown if hes feeding them the highly processed store bought bread LOL :)

And I know I routinely farm in a cheap blue suit and penny loafers. LOL :) OK whatever

[sitesprocketdotcom]

mmmmmm scrawberries

[arlingtonguy54]

Vern is an inspiration

[jamio4242]

Scrawberries?

[NevadaGrey2010]

Wonderful video... it's so beautiful what he's doing for children, educating them about farming & helping to reconnect them with nature...

[christopherinsc1981]

This was a great video

[jablesplz]

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