Ron Fay, weathered sheep herder lives his creed …

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays this herder from the completion of his appointed rounds" ... adapted  from USPS.  Ron Fay, who with his wife Ann, created the Rising Meadow Farm in Randolph, County, NC over 20 years ago and donated a conservation easement to the Piedmont Land Conservancy to prohibit forever the building of a big box store on their farm.  They did all of  this because it was "the right thing to do." "We…

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For Kevin Ford, a sheep shear day …

  Yes, there is an international sheep shearing contest, and the retro category that attracts the most spectators is the non-motorized blade shear category that pits man with two pieces of blade steel against beast.  One doesn't have to go to Ireland or New Zealand to witness first hand but up-close and close to home in Randolph County a half hour south of Greensboro. Rising Meadow Farm and the septuagenarian proprietors Ann and Ron Fay have been…

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