Wendy Ader-Jones
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Wendy and husband Dennis lived in Westport, Connecticut, before selling their Volvo and Porsche in 1972, buying a Volkswagen van, and heading for Oregon. They never made it, and instead became proud owners of a 125-acre farm in Bellevue. Here they began operating an organic farm, complete with fifty beehives and the province's first organic strawberry u-pick. She remained on the farm until 1979. Today she works for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Halifax.
Summary of Interview
September 27, 2008
- (0:00) how ended up on PEI
- (9:44) reception of Islanders
- (17:00) how they lived
- (22:25) Angus and Gwen MacLean
- (25:00) earning a living
- (29:30) community life