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Kentucky Bacon

In Kentucky, curing bacon and hams has been a necessity of life for generations. In more recent years, this tradition…

Interview

Col. Bill Newsom’s Aged Kentucky Country Ham

Today, she carries on her father’s legacy in the same store, curing the same way, in the same ham house, catering to…

Interview

Charles Gatton Jr. – Gatton Farms

Charles Gatton, Junior, is known to some as the mad scientist of bacon. Growing up on Gatton Farms, Charles learned the…

Interview

Leslie and June Scott – Scott Country Hams

In 1965, he and his wife, June, cured their first 100 hams. Soon, their business grew, and today they cure thousands of…

Interview

Lorene Gatton – Gatton Farms

Originally from Owensboro, Kentucky, Lorene Gatton and her late husband, Charles Gatton, Senior, began their married…

Interview

Ronny and Beth Drennan – Broadbent Country Hams

The Broadbent family started curing hams and bacon commercially in Cadiz, Kentucky, in 1920. In 1999 the Broadbent…

Interview

William Meacham – Meacham Country Hams

In the late 1950s, the business of Meacham Hams was born. For decades, William has produced a traditional…

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Rodman Meacham – Meacham Country Hams

He now shares his knowledge with others, working with the Union Country Fair and the 4-H Country Ham Program, which…

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