Transcript of oral history of Carole Daniels and Ed Daniels
Date:
2019-09-03
Creator:
Daniels, Ed and Daniels, Carole
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Herb products, Farms--West Virginia, American ginseng industry, Agroforestry, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Hemp farmers, American ginseng, Forage plants, Herbs--Utilization, and Herb gardening
Transcript of oral history of Carole Daniels, Ed Daniels, and Clara Haizlett
Date:
2020-09-16
Creator:
Daniels, Ed, Daniels, Carole, and Haizlett, Clara
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Herbs--Utilization, American ginseng industry, Traditional medicine, Hemp farmers, Apprenticeship programs, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Farms--West Virginia, Herb products, American ginseng, Herb gardening, and Agroforestry
Apprenticeship programs, Herbs--Therapeutic use, American ginseng, Hemp farmers, American ginseng industry, Herb products, Farms--West Virginia, Agroforestry, Herb gardening, and Herbs--Utilization
American ginseng industry, Herbs--Utilization, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Herb products, Farms--West Virginia, Agroforestry, American ginseng, Herb gardening, Hemp farmers, and Apprenticeship programs
![["Kathy Evans (b. July 8, 1962, Morgantown, WV) of Bruceton Mills and Margaret Bruning of Elkins are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, in an apprenticeship titled, Sheep to Shawl: The Art of Raising Sheep and Creating Fiber Arts. Evans is a fifth-generation farmer and co-owner with her husband Reid of Evans Knob Farm in Preston County where she cultivates Certified Naturally Grown vegetables and raises sheep and poultry. She teaches and exhibits her fiber arts both in West Virginia and across the country and has been featured in Modern Farmer and Morgantown Magazine. Bruning grew up on a goat farm in upstate New York and has been a lifelong fiber artist. She and her husband David raise sheep at their homestead in Randolph County.Read a profile of Evans and Bruning on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2020/11/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kathy-evans-margaret-bruning-sheep-to-shawl/Evans Knob Farm website: https://www.evansknobfarm.com/Poe Run Craft and Provisions: http://www.poerun.org/"]](/thumb/4224BruningMargaretArtistProfile32020 "Artist profile of Margaret Bruning")
![["A ginseng digger and cultivator since he was young, Ed Daniels and his wife Carole own and operate Shady Grove Farm in Randolph County where they grow ginseng, goldenseal, ramps, cohosh, and industrial hemp, among other plants. In this interview, Ed and Carole talk about their forest farming and seed saving practice, the hopes for their farm, and Eds family tradition of medicinal herbs. Ed Daniels is a 2020-2021 participant in the West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, leading an apprenticeship with Clara Haizlett of Wellsburg. Learn more: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/10/21/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-ed-daniels-clara-haizlett-agroforestry-forest-farming/Shady Grove Botanicals: https://www.shadygrovebotanicals.com/"]](/thumb/4224DanielsCaroleDanielsEdIntTranscript9319 "Transcript of oral history of Carole Daniels and Ed Daniels")
![["Ed Daniels of Mill Creek is leading a 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship in agroforestry/forest farming with Clara Haizlett of Wellsburg. A ginseng digger and cultivator since he was young, Daniels and his wife Carole own and operate Shady Grove Farm in Randolph County where they grow ginseng, goldenseal, ramps, cohosh, and industrial hemp, among other plants. Haizlett, who was an intern in The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritages American Ginseng: Local Knowledge, Global Roots project, plans to start a forest farm on her familys land in Brooke County.In this interview, which was a remote site visit for their apprenticeship, they discuss their respective work, apprenticeship sessions, and hopes for the future of the agroforestry tradition. Learn more about their apprenticeship: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/10/21/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-ed-daniels-clara-haizlett-agroforestry-forest-farming/"]](/thumb/4224DanielsCaroleDanielsEdHaizlettClaraIntTranscript91620 "Transcript of oral history of Carole Daniels, Ed Daniels, and Clara Haizlett")
![["Ed Daniels of Mill Creek is leading an apprenticeship in agroforestry/forest farming with Clara Haizlett of Wellsburg. A ginseng digger and cultivator since he was young, Daniels and his wife Carole own and operate Shady Grove Farm in Randolph County where they grow ginseng, goldenseal, ramps, cohosh, and industrial hemp, among other plants. See our feature on Haizletts apprenticeship with Daniels here: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/10/21/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-ed-daniels-clara-haizlett-agroforestry-forest-farming/Learn more about Ed and Carole Daniels Shady Grove Botanicals here: https://www.shadygrovebotanicals.com/The West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program offers up to a $3,000 stipend to West Virginia master traditional artists or tradition bearers working with qualified apprentices on a year-long in-depth apprenticeship in their cultural expression or traditional art form. These apprenticeships aim to facilitate the transmission of techniques and artistry of the forms, as well as their histories and traditions.The apprenticeship program grants are administered by the West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council in Charleston and are supported in part by an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. West Virginia Folklife is dedicated to the documentation, preservation, presentation, and support of West Virginias vibrant cultural heritage and living traditions."]](/thumb/4224DanielsEdArtistProfile10620 "Artist profile of Ed Daniels")
![["St. Joseph Settlement aka the German Settlement is a rural community of farms on the Marshall-Wetzel County borders, settled by German Catholic immigrants in the 1850s. As Cheryl Harshman says in her e-WV article on the settlement, the church, schoolhouse (now a public library and parish museum), rectory, community building, and cemetery are still the heart of the St. Joseph community.On June 22, 2016, Harshman hosted state folklorist Emily Hilliard on a visit to the settlement, meeting community members Jim and Debbie Frohnapfel and Ray Estep and visiting the church and cemetery. In this interview, Estep and the Frohnapfels talk about the St. Joseph Settlement community past and present, the church, and the graveyard.Learn more via e-WV: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/158"]](/thumb/4224EstepRayFrohnapfelJimFrohnapfelDebbieIntTranscript62216 "Transcript of oral history of Ray Estep, Jim Frohnapfel, and Debbie Frohnapfel")
![["Kathy Evans (b. July 8, 1962, Morgantown, WV) of Bruceton Mills and Margaret Bruning of Elkins are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, in an apprenticeship titled, Sheep to Shawl: The Art of Raising Sheep and Creating Fiber Arts. Evans is a fifth-generation farmer and co-owner with her husband Reid of Evans Knob Farm in Preston County where she cultivates Certified Naturally Grown vegetables and raises sheep and poultry. She teaches and exhibits her fiber arts both in West Virginia and across the country and has been featured in Modern Farmer and Morgantown Magazine.Read a profile of Evans and Bruning on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2020/11/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kathy-evans-margaret-bruning-sheep-to-shawl/Evans Knob Farm website: https://www.evansknobfarm.com/"]](/thumb/4224EvansKathyArtistProfile32020 "Artist profile of Kathy Evans")
![["Kathy Evans (b. July 8, 1962, Morgantown, WV) of Bruceton Mills and Margaret Bruning of Elkins are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, in an apprenticeship titled, Sheep to Shawl: The Art of Raising Sheep and Creating Fiber Arts. Evans is a fifth-generation farmer and co-owner with her husband Reid of Evans Knob Farm in Preston County where she cultivates Certified Naturally Grown vegetables and raises sheep and poultry. She teaches and exhibits her fiber arts both in West Virginia and across the country and has been featured in Modern Farmer and Morgantown Magazine. Bruning grew up on a goat farm in upstate New York and has been a lifelong fiber artist. She and her husband David raise sheep at their homestead in Randolph County.Read a profile of Evans and Bruning on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2020/11/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kathy-evans-margaret-bruning-sheep-to-shawl/Evans Knob Farm website: https://www.evansknobfarm.com/Poe Run Craft and Provisions: http://www.poerun.org/"]](/thumb/4224EvansKathyBruningMargaretIntTranscript102720 "Transcript of oral history of Kathy Evans and Margaret Bruning")
![["Ed Daniels of Mill Creek is leading an apprenticeship in agroforestry/forest farming with Clara Haizlett of Wellsburg. Haizlett, who was an intern in The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritages American Ginseng: Local Knowledge, Global Roots project, plans to start a forest farm on her familys land in Brooke County.See our feature on Haizletts apprenticeship with Daniels here: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/10/21/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-ed-daniels-clara-haizlett-agroforestry-forest-farming/Learn more about Ed and Carole Daniels Shady Grove Botanicals here: https://www.shadygrovebotanicals.com/Learn more about Clara Haizletts work here: https://www.clarahaizlett.com/The West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program offers up to a $3,000 stipend to West Virginia master traditional artists or tradition bearers working with qualified apprentices on a year-long in-depth apprenticeship in their cultural expression or traditional art form. These apprenticeships aim to facilitate the transmission of techniques and artistry of the forms, as well as their histories and traditions.The apprenticeship program grants are administered by the West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council in Charleston and are supported in part by an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. West Virginia Folklife is dedicated to the documentation, preservation, presentation, and support of West Virginias vibrant cultural heritage and living traditions."]](/thumb/4224HaizlettClaraArtistProfile10620 "Artist profile of Clara Haizlett")