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Podcasts
Goodwater Vineyards, Artful Agriculture: Interview with Laura Poland
October 30, 2019Our guest today is Laura Poland, who, together with her husband Gene and their family, are the operators of Goodwater Vineyard near Newport Tenneesse. Grape growing and wine-making is challenging no matter if you are doing it in France or California. However, Tennessee has it’s own special environmental and bureaucratic challenges. Goodwater is exemplary of the about 60 or so small vineyard and wine producing operations in Tennessee today. For the most part these are essentially small farms which are growing a highly specialized and technically difficult crop. They are then engaged in the fine art of transforming that crop into a wine beverage which is hopefully appealing to the tastes of consumers and then bringing that beverage directly to the consumer with few if any middlemen involved.
Tennessee State Parks Interpretive and Educational Programs, with Director Josh Waggener
October 16, 2019
About Mark
Mark Thomas Fraley is a lawyer (now retired) in Nashville, Tennessee (USA). Prior to starting law practice in 1987, Mark was active in the field of Parks and Recreation. He was the first Parks and Recreation Director for the cities of Gatlinburg and Sevierville Tennessee. He was the founding program administrator for the Parks and Recreation Technical Advisory Service (PARTAS) and served as Assistant Commissioner of Conservation and Director or Parks and Recreation for the State of Tennessee.
Education
University of Cincinnati, 1974, Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy)
Nashville School of Law, 1983, Doctor of Jurisprudence
Licensure
License to Practice Law, Tennessee Supreme Court (1983) BPR# 10448
Admitted to Practice, U.S. Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (1987)
Admitted to Practice, U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, (1994)
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