In this episode of Savor the Ozarks, Joy continues her conversations at the National Restaurant Show with two businesses that represented Missouri at the Taste of the States exhibit. 

First, meet the owner of 1820, The Family Restaurant in Keytesville, Missouri, Nathan Asbury. What caught Joy's eye in their exhibit was the 1820 Sauce. The restaurant came first, but Nathan and his wife, Michelle, started bottling and selling their homemade sauce that they feature in the restaurant. It's a true Cinderella story.

Then, meet Johnny Hunter of Castor River Habitat & Farm in Dexter, Missouri. He specializes in regenerative agriculture. His family grows, harvests, mills, and packages the rice that is sold nationwide. His award-winning farming methods lower carbon emissions and elevate the quality and taste of Castor River Farms rice. But at the end of the day, they are still a small-town farm with small-town values you can trust here in the Ozarks.

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