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Jason Brown, a former standout in the National Football League and at UNC-Chapel Hill, quit football because he wanted to feed the hungry.
He bought a sprawling 1,030 acre farm near Louisburg, complete with dairy barns and silos. Brown wasn’t a farmer, and he had a lot to learn, but he had a vision and faith.
Last weekend, his faith came to fruition when he gave away 46,000 pounds of sweet potatoes. He hopes to give away that many more Saturday.
“You look over a sweet potato field and you don’t see a crop,” Brown said. “The vines are kind of wilting. There is nothing there to pick. You’ve got to have faith.
“I went out to plow up the potatoes last week and looked behind the tractor. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything quite as beautiful as those big brown potatoes lying everywhere.”
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/06/4300809/former-nfl-center-jason-brown.html#storylink=cpy
He bought a sprawling 1,030 acre farm near Louisburg, complete with dairy barns and silos. Brown wasn’t a farmer, and he had a lot to learn, but he had a vision and faith.
Last weekend, his faith came to fruition when he gave away 46,000 pounds of sweet potatoes. He hopes to give away that many more Saturday.
“You look over a sweet potato field and you don’t see a crop,” Brown said. “The vines are kind of wilting. There is nothing there to pick. You’ve got to have faith.
“I went out to plow up the potatoes last week and looked behind the tractor. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything quite as beautiful as those big brown potatoes lying everywhere.”
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/06/4300809/former-nfl-center-jason-brown.html#storylink=cpy