
{"id":5869,"date":"2009-05-21T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=5869"},"modified":"2009-05-21T08:00:18","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T16:00:18","slug":"farmers-remember-one-of-their-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2009\/05\/21\/farmers-remember-one-of-their-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers remember one of their own"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the Wednesday afternoon Farmers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Market at Carrboro Town Commons readied to open, there were many indications of the abundance of the season. But many of those setting up shop were there with a heavy heart.<\/p>\n<p>Ristin Cooks of Castle Rock Gardens passed away this week after a long battle with cancer.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Market manager Sarah Blacklin choked back tears as she recalled Cooks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 tenacity, outspokenness and the way she approached farming.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Her motto was \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcNo Chemicals, No Pesticides, No Icky Stuff,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Blacklin said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153That was very much Ristin.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n<p>Cooks hadn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been to market since January, she said, and many held out hope that one day she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d return. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We kept her spot open for her.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Alex Hitt of Peregrine Farms said Cooks sharp mind was evident when she took his vegetable and produce class.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153She was the one who asked probing questions from the very first day,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cooks was among the large contingent of local farmers who traveled to Slow Food International\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Terre Madre exposition in Turin, Italy. Hitt said he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll always remember her \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sitting in the piazza in the rain writing post cards home.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Elise Margoles of Elysian Fields farm said she admired her friend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fortitude. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I respect how strong she was,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said.<\/p>\n<p>A celebration of Cooks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 life will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Castle Rock Gardens. (An obituary is on page 7.) The public is invited, with a potluck to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Wednesday afternoon Farmers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Market at Carrboro Town Commons readied to open, there were many indications of the abundance of the season. But many of those setting up shop were there with a heavy heart. Ristin Cooks of Castle Rock Gardens passed away this week after a long battle with cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5870,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5869\/revisions\/5870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}