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The Ham Belt

Posted by on Mar 11, 2013 in Columns -, From the Earth

Cured country ham is practically synonymous with Kentucky, whether fried up for breakfast or as the centerpiece of a holiday meal.

And if one Kentucky chef is correct, it will be the basis for Kentucky becoming famous for a high-value, cured meat industry supplied by a bevy of small farmers across the region.

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Clearwater Seafood

Posted by on Feb 1, 2013 in Columns -, From the Earth

Outpost of the Atlantic Maritimes thrives in Louisville

In a nondescript business park in South Louisville, among loading docks and plain-faced offices, a Nova Scotia company is busy handling a treasure among ocean seafood — live, hard-shelled lobster harvested from the cold Atlantic waters of Canada’s maritime provinces.

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Shuckman’s Fish Company

Posted by on Jan 1, 2013 in Columns -, From the Earth

With a ready laugh and sparkle in his eyes, Lewis Shuckman projects an easy-going joie de vivre,

perhaps evidence of his satisfaction heading the third generation of a family business founded in 1919.

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