When Lucas Kerr decided to revive the farm that had been in his family for seven generations, he chose to plant weed, grown in New York and sold to New Yorkers.

Burnside Farms in Nokesville, Virginia plants more than 2 million tulip bulbs each winter to prepare for a spring tulip festival that welcomes thousands of visitors per day.

Just 70 miles south of Nashville, this rural community hosts one of Tennessee’s largest Old Order Amish populations, where electricity remains optional and homemade is the only way things get done.