213: Brittney Miller, Manchester Farms Quail (Columbia, SC)

This weekend usually marks the annual Southeastern Wildlife Expo, or SEWE, in Charleston, SC where close to 20,000 folks descend upon the city to celebrate wildlife art and the sporting lifestyle. So in honor of that, I'm learning more this week about a great company, Manchester Farms Quail in Columbia, SC, that began as a venture by an outdoorsman who loved to hunt quail. That man is Brittney Miller's father, and in 2005, Miller's parents retired from Manchester Farms, and she took ownership of the 31-year-old farm and all aspects of the company, including customer relations, new product development, finance, production, marketing, and quality improvement. For Miller, keeping her father's ideals, such as raising birds humanely without antibiotic feed, and keeping the idea of a family business in mind, are two things that she holds close to her heart, and you'll find her quail on plenty of the best restaurant menus in the South.