“Before the accident, he didn’t have a lot of patience. Now he has more. He’s my

“Before the accident, he didn’t have a lot of patience. Now he has more. He’s my teacher.”

Melissa Marshall, speaking about her husband, Russell, recovering from a farm accident at their Berlin Center home. He lost an arm and suffered other major injuries. A car-show fundraiser is set for the family next Sunday at Western Reserve High School.

“It makes people feel better to know where their meat is coming from.”

David Horst, owner of Horst Packing in Columbiana, talking about the business he started in 1981. The meat Horst sells in bulk comes from area farms.

“I can remember when people hauled their potatoes out in the field with the manure spreader, dumped them and plowed them under. They did try to level out production, so we didn’t have the boom-and-bust thing all the time.

Dell Raybould, who has been growing potatoes since 1953, named in a lawsuit by Associated Wholesale Grocers against United Potato Growers of America and two dozen other defendants. The grocers have accused America’s spud farmers of driving up prices.