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Kirby Johnson conserves land while farming it

Seventh-generation farmer Kirby Johnson raises vegetables on around 1,400 acres in Mills River and Florida. [PHOTO BY MARK LEET]

By Bill Moss, Published: April 10, 2024

Kirby Johnson is a seventh generation vegetable grower and packer in Mills River. His ancestors, Irish victims of the potato famine, settled in the Shaw’s Creek community.

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