Code,518020
Speaker,Kathleen Varga
Date,3/30/11
Interviewer,Donald Whitacre
Abstract,"Kathleen Varga and her husband John fought thtough many different obsticles on their farm.  With John having a stroke, they had to adapt to different living conditions and struggle to keep the farm going.  The September 11th attacks also proved to be difficult to go through and a move was necessary in order to keep their dream alive.  Kathleen was able to think outside of the box and develope a farm that alomst became completly self sufficient through study of what animals she con have in her farm to help other animals and what plants they needed in order to survive.  Their struggles would only continue when the park descided to take over their land and force them off the property despite their efforts to bid on the land to continue farming."
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Special Notes,"Kathleen Varga explains her transition from living in different states and how she transitions from law practice to living on her farm.  The loss of her father drives her to invest in organinc farming in the mid 1980's. Her husband John comes into her life through a local farmer and how his stroke did not deture them from continuing their dream of farming. The devistation of September 11th, 2001 changes the economy for the worse and how they adapted to change.  The park and John Debo were determined not to let them farm on the property anymore.  Her emotion describes what many were going through at this time in the area."
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0,"Kathleen Varga from Peninsula. Born December 15th, 1952- Community experience in Akron."
1,Explainantion of moves from Akron and father's experience with Firestone.
2,Family experience moving from state to state.
3,Diversity experiences from living style and the difficulties of such a lifestyle.
4,Speaking about how these moves and experiences brought Kathreen to farming.
5,Kathleen talks about her father's death and reason for farming.
6,The organic experience and why she grew them- She also talks about her college experience.
7,Her experience in Dallas Texas and her jobs there.
8,Kathleen explains her law school experience and the benefits from that.
9,Her descision to move to Manhatton and the winter experience.
10,A move to Hawaii for warmer weather and the move led her to 18 years of experience in law.
11,"1989, she moved back to Akron- Kathy Morany, her friend that left her property in Cuyahoga."
12,Explaination of the Morany family and their experiences and occupations.
13,Kathleen describes the barn and the farm she inherited- She also describes the planning of the farm.
14,The retension of the farm and distribution of the farm from the Morany family.
15,The Varga family farming background and description of the animals Kathleen had
16,Kathleen describes how she used her animals to base what she grew for their necessities.
17,Different eggs grown and the diversity that they offered.
18,Kathleen describes the markets she delt with and the developments of her organic farming.
19,Organic growing and how she ventured into the field before it became popular.
20,1985 is when she first read and began to grow organic.
21,Her experience with her family in the west and spinning shep's wole.
22,Lamb became an important part of her farming and how it changed her diet.
23,The emotional attachment to her animals due to the self sufficiency of the animals.
24,Integration of the farm animals and a descrition of the products she produced.
25,What berries and cherries that she grew and the certification for jelly production.
26,The Ohio Proud program and why she didn't join.
27,How the development of her products in jellies and mustards became a profitable experience.
28,Kathleen's transition from working in the law field to the farm.
29,Lama beans and her development of the manuer.
30,Her experience with working with lamas and how they helped develop her farm.
31,How the lamas on her farms became a part of American farming.
32,The lamas role on the farm and how they protected the other animals.
33,The father's day lama lunch on her farm.
34,How the lama lunch provided the community the experience to talk about the history of the farms.
35,Kathleen describes how she met her husband John.
36,
37,"John suffers a massive stroke, but Kathleen speaks of their adaptation of living with his condition."
38,
39,Kathleen explains how she made ends meet with her doctor to help John heel through the years.
40,The community comes together to convert their equipment to help John contribute to the farm.
41,"1994, a man comes to the farm and gives Kathleen the idea to open her shop."
42,Mr. Morany's shop becomes Kathleen's new shop to sell her products.
43,
44,Kathleen explains her experience of lossing the farm.
45,The reaction of the economy and the attacks of September 11th.
46,Her strategy of moving her shop to Peninsula and how the park reacted to her move.
47,
48,The bidding process after lossing the farm and how the Varga's still lost the right to farm on the property.
49,How the Varga's needed to adjust to working at different locations.
50,Kathleen describes her lack of confidence in the government and their understanding of farming.
51,Kathleen decribes how the park gave them two years to leave the farm after refusing their bid to stay.
52,
53,"Kathleen describes how in retrospect, she may have benifited by the forced move off the farm."
54,
55,How the pesticides affected the farm and how the park endorces the use of them.
56,
57,Heirlooms on the farm and how she invested into them.
58,
59,The description of the farm today and the fertility of the soil that is stil there.
60,John Debo wanted them off the land and the park never developed the land and let it sit still.