Growing truffles is no trifling matterBy Molly O'NeillCHUCKEY, Tenn. -- The town of Chuckey is located on the
upside of the Nolichucky River valley in an eastern jut of Tennessee about 20
miles from the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains and the North Carolina border.
The East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad used to stop in the town to pick up
grain and tobacco, but the red brick station, built in 1906, is long since
abandoned. Many of the farms have given way to middle-income housing and the
workers among the town's 800 or so residents tend to punch the clock at the
Wal-Mart Distribution Center or in factories that make gift wrap, automotive
parts or lawnmowers.
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