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Andy Petesch: Could you tell the Board about the idea? Where did this idea for a farm originate? 1 2 Kara Brewer: Sure. Well, as the kids got older and went to school. Liala’s in first grade now but as she was 3 entering Kindergarten Chris and I decided that we wanted to do something that we could involve the kids in 4 and get them outside. He has a full time job and he wanted to be outside more as well. So we just really 5 wanted the flexibility, be able to pick up the kids when I could from school and just be able to just involve 6 them in what we’re doing and what was going on, that was a few years ago, so that’s when we first started 7 talking about the idea of starting a farm. 8 9 Andy Petesch: And would you tell the Board about your property search? You said this started several 10 years ago. What year approximately? 11 12 Kara Brewer: Yes, 2012-2013. We were specifically looking for farm property but we had specific criteria. It 13 had to be a certain size for what we needed. I was looking for acreage, 20 acres or more, and that’s very 14 hard to find in Chapel Hill. Very difficult to find so it took us several years to find an appropriate property. 15 16 Andy Petesch: And what were some of the factors that made it hard to find an appropriate parcel, other 17 than size? 18 19 Kara Brewer: Cost. The expense of farmland in Chapel Hill. 20 21 Andy Petesch: And so what was it about this parcel that made it work for you? 22 23 Kara Brewer: The price was more affordable than what we had come across previously. The size was right; 24 it was 20 acres so that would work for our purposes. It also had a clearing as you’ve seen. So we knew that 25 even though most of our activity would be here in the center we could get started pretty much right away 26 because of the cleared area, which was unusual as well. Also, it was dry. A lot of what we had been looking 27 at, even if the price was affordable or the amount of land was correct, sometimes it was just in swamp land 28 which would not have worked out either. 29 30 Andy Petesch: So you were looking to do some type of orchard right away? Were you initially thinking 31 chestnuts? 32 33 Kara Brewer: No actually, initially we were thinking almonds of all things, which I know sounds crazy but it 34 wouldn’t have worked out with the almonds. But through our conversations with finding out more about the 35 almond trees is when we discovered chestnuts and that was just something that really interested both of 36 us. 37 38 Andy Petesch: And were there any other agricultural pursuits that you plan to include in this farm? 39 40 Kara Brewer: Yes. Flowers. Starting a flower farm. 41 42 Andy Petesch: And so when did you close on the Morrow Mill property? 43 44 Kara Brewer: It was at the end of March 2015. 45 46 Andy Petesch: And when did you first apply for a farm ID number with the USDA? 47 48 38