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Eastern Standard

Kentucky Proud Holidays on Eastern Standard

WEKU | By Marisa Hempel

Published November 16, 2016 at 10:34 AM EST

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On this week's KY Proud Holiday Edition of Eastern Standard: Melanie Blanford of the KY Dept. of Agriculture; Margery Baldwin of Baldwin Farms; and Gwen Heffner from the Kentucky Artisan Center in Berea, Kentucky.

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Margery Baldwin stands at her beautiful farmstead that offers pumpkins and christmas trees for the holidays: Baldwin Farms in Richmond, Kentucky

Margery Baldwin

With the holiday season in full swing, this week's Eastern Standard will be devoted to Kentucky Proud-specific holidays. The mantra of "buy local" is something many hear often these days, and as it turns out Kentucky has a lot of great local brands to offer. Not surprisingly, there is quite a bit more made in the commonwealth other than bourbon and beer cheese!

Guests on this week's show include:

Melanie Blanford - Executive Director of Marketing, Kentucky Dept of Agriculture

Margery Baldwin - Baldwin Farms in Richmond, Kentucky

Gwen Heffner - Kentucky Artisan Center, Berea Kentucky

We’re interested in your questions, comments or stories about Kentucky Proud products and your plans for a Kentucky holiday season before the show at wekueasternstandard@gmail.com, or at 859-622-1657.

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Or call in when you tune in for EST, Thursday morning at 11:00 on WEKU.

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