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Breckenridge Farms:
More Than Your Average Farm BY BRANDI PERRY Located halfway between Quitman and Waynesboro in Clarke County is a farm that may have the largest muscadine crop in the entire world, but their story does not end there. These grapes are just a small sampling of what makes up this large farm. The former owner had set up the vineyard and production facility for his new venture to create jams, syrups and other
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muscadine products. He even collaborated with Mississippi State University to find more types to be used for the juice market. But his dreams for the vineyard never came to fruition. Owner Charley Phillips bought 900 acres of land from the Meridian businessman without much thought of what it truly took to run a muscadine farm. Before he became the owner,
