Photo by Mark Ostrow, poster design
by Diane Stalford |
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Richard
Bonano
How good is the local produce? A
tenured professor left his job in North Carolina for it.
Maybe it was fate. Maybe Richard Bonano always knew that, somehow,
he'd end up back at Pleasant Valley Gardens in Methuen, the family
farm that his great-grandfather had started upon arrival from
Italy in 1910. His studies would take him from Cornell University
to Oregon State and, finally, to North Carolina State and a tenured
position at that prestigious school. A Ph. D. in Weed Science
made him one of the most sought after agricultural specialists
in the country. It also taught him new ways to think about his
own family's farm. So when he learned one day that his uncle wanted
to sell his share of Pleasant Valley, Richard never looked back.
Today, Richard Bonano is using all he's learned to grow some of
New England's best lettuce, summer squash, zucchini, and peppers.
Everything he does is the result of applied knowledge. How he
plants. How he waters. How he harvests. Even down to the soft
plastic containers which protect his summer squash as it's being
picked. Richard does things a little differently, a little better
than the average grower. And you can see and taste that difference
in everything he grows.
Red Tomato is proud to bring you the delicious produce of Pleasant
Valley Gardens and Richard Bonano. A man who brought home a great
deal more than he left with.
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