When reporting in rural areas, I take my camera along. Click on any of the shots below to see the full-size photo and read the caption.
Jeremy Prater, founder of Cedar Creek Farm, checks for eggs in his henhouse, a converted RV. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/BRIAN FANNEY)Prater demonstrates a new style of chicken house on his farm, which is winched forward twice a day to provide the up to 500 birds fresh pasture. The house was developed with a winch and anchor so beginning farmers needn’t buy a tractor.Prater surveys his third generation farm on top of Windset Mountain, off Prater Lane, in Cedarville.Missouri Conservation Department employees (from left) Matthew Livingston, Dave Woods, Zach Morris and Adam Boman examine a fish at a park in Pierce City, Mo., after fish died in Clear Creek.Terry Donnelly examines boxes packed with Deepwoods Farms tomatoes at a quiet Warren Tomato Market last week. Donnelly said farmers once crowded the market to sell tomatoes.John Rhea, co-owner of Vintage Antiques II on West Walnut Street in Rogers, keeps an eye on his store Friday.Siglinda Scarpa, owner of the Goathouse Refuge, keeps more than 260 cats at her shelter, where they are in no danger of euthanasia.A small cat looks out from the kitten room in Scarpa’s old studio.
