From Farm to Foodliner: Knott credits farm background for grocery business success | Features

While Camron Knott grew up with a farm background, he doesn’t personally consider himself a farmer.

“…We did a couple different things but we always did tobacco,” Knott said. “But there was a time we raised peppers for a couple years; we raised tomatoes for a couple years; we raised strawberries for several years.”

The Owensboro farm was owned by Knott’s great-grandfather, which was then bought by Knott’s father and great uncles.

The strawberry business seemed to be booming at one point, starting out as a small patch before Knott’s father started selling them to friends and co-workers and eventually gained some public notice that people were wanting to come out and pick their own.

This experience helped Knott develop his work ethic at a young age and people to look up…

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