Business

    Doug and Lucy Overstreet didn’t originally intend to farm.

    They initially started raising livestock at Idlewild Farm because they were concerned about what was in the food they were eating. Their solution was to raise their own.
    Then friends started asking to buy some, so they expanded. Doug saw it as a way to make the whole project pay for itself.

    D&L Cattle, in Goode, is run by a father and son team. The D is for David Arrington and the L is for Lynwood Arrington, David’s father.

    “We’ve raised cattle for several years,” said Lynwood Arrington.
    Previously they sold cattle to the market, but they began direct marketing to the public this year, in February, an idea that a cousin suggested. It sounded like a good idea and they began working in September, 2011, to put a plan in action.

    Ben Coleman, of Mountain Run Farm, decided to go chemical free after his son was born.
    “I didn’t feel good about sitting him in a field that I just fertilized,” he said. “We made a point never to bring chemicals down this driveway.”
    He has built the soil with manure and he said this has brought the soil to life.

    Forks Country Restaurant is now under new management — sort of.

    Rosella Bays and Teri Cheek have taken over from G. M. Bays, who started the restaurant on Aug. 28, 1984. However, if you are a regular customer, you know these two ladies. Rosella Bays is G. M. Bays’ wife and Teri Cheek is his daughter.
    “We’ve both been here for 27 years,” commented Cheek. “It’s still family owned.”