{"id":24376,"date":"2018-09-20T08:08:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T12:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=24376"},"modified":"2019-11-26T19:14:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T00:14:15","slug":"a-produce-box-with-a-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/09\/20\/a-produce-box-with-a-story\/","title":{"rendered":"A Produce Box with a Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From time to time, I’ll post pictures of interesting graphics I find on produce boxes on 9th Street. Over the weekend, I came across this corn crate from Russo’s Fruit & Vegetable Farm, memorializing a man named “Tony”.<\/p>\n

I did a search and discovered that Tony was Tony Russo, owner of the farm. He was accidentally struck by a tractor, and died of his injuries. From what I’ve read, he was a pillar of the community and a leader in the farming industry. This retro graphic is their sweet way to pay tribute to a man who loved what he did,\u00a0and was described as generous and humble.<\/p>\n

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From time to time, I’ll post pictures of interesting graphics I find on produce boxes on 9th Street. Over the weekend, I came across this corn crate from Russo’s Fruit & Vegetable Farm, memorializing a man named “Tony”. 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