EP #20: An Apple a Day, Every Day, for Ben Gammie of Quarry Hill Orchards

For my 20th episode and the start of a new season, CLE Foodcast took a road trip to Quarry Hill Orchards to interview third-generation fruit farmer Ben Gammie. Quarry Hill Orchards grows cherries, peaches, grapes and some might say Ohio's best apples. Ben knows a lot about apples—he grows 52 varieties. He's now board president of Ohio Apples, a statewide organization supporting independent apple growers. In this episode, recorded in the upper loft of their new Market Barn, Ben and I taste some apple varieties while talking farm dogs, family life on the farm and how farmers can use marketing and messaging to attract customers interested in local food and agritourism.  If you love fall, and apples, you will enjoy hearing us crunch our way through a conversation!