Over the last nine years, journalist Shane Mitchell has braved snakes, fire ants, floods, rallies, marches, protests, pageants, and near heat stroke to write the essays contained in her new collection of work published in The Bitter Southerner. The Crop Cycle: Stories with Deep Roots has Shane traveling throughout the South, uncovering history both past and modern and reporting on major topics such as farm labor, race, gender, and the history of the Georgia peach. Shane has incredible writing chops, and she has contributed memorable stories for TASTE as well. We go over all of it in this terrific episode.

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MORE FROM Shane Mitchell:

• Odd Birds [The Bitter Southerner]

• Kiss My Grits [The Bitter Southerner]

• This Is TASTE 261: Cherry Bombe & The Bitter Southerner [TASTE]

• Buy: Far Afield.