ABINGDON, Va. — The sweet smell of boiling sorghum syrup was in the air at Fairview Historic Homestead last Friday when members of the Old Glade Antique Tractors Association (OGATA) took turns ...
Not so long ago, many farming families in Southern Appalachia celebrated the long-anticipated arrival of the harvest season with a special treat: fresh sorghum syrup. Today, thousands still flock to ...
MOUNT IDA - If you're of a certain age, you remember sorghum. It was used "in the old days" in the form of sorghum syrup as a sweetener. In the early 1900s, rural families depended on sorghum syrup as ...