March 1966, The Beginning of Jackson’s Orchard

In January of 1966 Bill Jackson, the FMC Agricultural Chemicals salesman, was making a call on Ed Hudgens, the 89 year-old orchard owner; when Hudgens said something along these lines “instead of selling me chemicals why don’t you just buy this farm ’cause I’m way past needing to retire.” That sparked[…]

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