Tres Jackson opened Epiphany Farm-to-Fork Cuisine in 2003 when the owner of Arman’s Restaurant sold his restaurant. Epiphany focuses on locally grown organic food. According to Tres Jackson, the farthest the restaurant ventures out to source its food is 160 miles.… Read the rest
PECO FOODS INCORPORATED
In 1937, John Herman Hickman agreed to raise seventy-five chicks for his brother-in-law. He went door to door selling the chickens in Gordo, Alabama. After being successful from door to door selling, Hickman thought of having farmers raise the chickens for him, thereby allowing him to focus on distributing the chickens to vendors.… Read the rest