By James DeLo The author and cattleman Hase Cooper stand together amid the South Poll herd at Cooper Family Farms near Summerton, South Carolina. PHOTO BY AVA GLASS Imagine, if you will, a young man rising with the morning sun, his boots darkened by dew and the inevitable patch of cow dung. He crosses an open pasture with cattle grazing ahead of him, birds moving effortlessly along the tree line, with insects and microorganisms working diligently beneath his feet. There is only land,...

By James DeLo Photo Caption and Credit – Bugby Plantation James DeLo holds a basket of fresh strawberries obtained at the Bugby Plantation U-Pick. PHOTO BY CHARLES W. WARING III A vanishing scene from the Lowcountry In a curious nook of Wadmalaw Island, far from the anxieties and stresses of urban centers, there lies a bucolic farm: Bugby Plantation U-Pick. Immediately upon entering the quaint farm, one is returned to a vanishing atmosphere of the old Lowcountry. Live oaks and pines mark the...