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By Bob Weaver
Purchasing the old Minnora School property this week, Virginia resident Bob Gregory said he and his family are going to be more than just Calhoun landowners.
Gregory said, "We have done much research on the area, having recently purchased the Jarvis farm," next to the Minnora School property, a place where he and his family intends to live.
"My connection to Calhoun has come about from reading the Hur Herald," and visiting the area, he said.
"We recognize the historic and community values of these buildings," indicating intentions of establishing a sustainable organic vegetable farm and health food store.
Missionary Gregory is a teacher, an agronomist, teaching agriculture at Hartland Institute of Health and Education in Rapidan, Virginia for nine years, a four-year missionary training college.
"My primary job has been to train missionary students from all over the world in methods of sustainable agriculture," he said.
"My wife, Lynnita, is a registered nurse who has worked in the intensive care unit at Culpeper Hospital, devoting the rest of her time to providing health education to our students and through our church."
Gregory, who has been involved with issues surrounding the development of genetically altered seeds, said he wants to establish a regional seed bank.
"As we will be living on property adjacent to the school, we will have a vested interest in seeing that they are well-maintained and kept," he said.
"We very much want to be part of our new community," he concluded.
LINKS ABOUT GREGORY'S WORK
bereagardens.org
bereagardens.blogspot.com
gmfreechurches.blogspot.com
www.hartland.edu
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