“In tandem with our hands-on approach to transforming a plantation of only pine into a hardwood forest, we've also witnessed the natural regeneration of native trees and shrubs ... on an additional 400 acres.”
John Graham
“All conversion of natural forests has to stop immediately. Conversion of forest into plantations, fields and settlements and rampant illegal logging are threatening some of the most important habitats of our endangered elephants and tigers.”
Adi Susmianto
“They got their composure back. I have to salute them on that. But South Plantation, you can't take anything away from them. [Paladins' coach] Kenny Brown is doing an excellent job with them.”
Melvin Randall
“Some growers have lost their entire banana plantations.”
Jan Davis
“[Houmas House , 40136 La. 942, Darrow, east bank: Once the largest sugar plantation in the South, Houmas House is one of the most spectacular antebellum homes on River Road. New Orleans businessman Kevin Kelly acquired the property in 2003 and restored it to the golden era the early 1800s.] Many people seem to think everything east of Baton Rouge is gone, ... We need to let the world know we are still here. We need to let New Orleans people know we have a great restaurant, Latil's Landing. Our wine cellar has a 500-label collection. Water cisterns were converted to wine cellars. We placed dining tables in them and people can now have romantic dining there.”
Kevin Kelly
“While the birds still thrive on large, intensively managed quail plantations in north Florida, their numbers have declined in south Florida where changing land-use patterns have altered their preferred habitat. In fact, the landscape has changed so much that extensive tracts of land have become completely unproductive for quail.”
Bill Giuliano
“The Southern pattern was that every farm or plantation would have their family cemetery.”
Charles Reagan Wilson
