Growers hung out to dry

Thursday night’s meeting in Green Forest of former growers for Cooks Venture was interesting, to say the least. About 50 such farmers gathered at the Train Depot to try and find a way to “heal,” as coordinator Richard Butterbaugh put it, but also try and get answers to their somewhat bewildering and in many ways shocking situation. Those answers ranged from helpful to puzzling to downright infuriating.