Daily Briefing: This family harvests 800 pounds of pecans on a farm near Louisville

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Virgil Vaughn’s family and neighbors still halfway expect him to step out into his pecan orchard.

This autumn marks the third harvest at Vaughn Family Pecan Farm since “the nut man’s” death, but his undeniable passion for pecans has kept his unusual project and intimate family business going.

Every weekend in October, the people who loved Virgil most spend hours working in his orchard of pecan trees, located about 35 miles from downtown Louisville in Scottsburg, Indiana.

Read more from Courier Journal reporter Maggie Menderski.

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