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Candace Clavin

Candace Clavin

Founder of Water Way Lavender Farm in Barrington, Rhode Island — a coastal lavender grower, farmer, and advocate for agricultural education.

Aug 10, 2026

6:52
So anybody else, you know, we're not going to be able to hear from everybody for every question, but if there's somebody else who wants to share kind of their origin story, you know, were you always in farming or, you know, the people who were not in farming, how did you decide to get into it?
7:11
So I'll tell a good story here.
7:14
So I come from a family of growers on Long Island.
7:20
My grandfather, who was a sergeant in the Valley Stream Army, Police Department used to grow, from what I understand, award-winning dahlias in the front of the precinct every single, every season.
7:38
Although I never had a chance to meet him, but I did hear wonderful stories.
7:41
So my dad was an incredible grower and the property that we had, we had a place called the Wayback.
7:48
And it was probably almost an acre of land that he could grow.

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36:51
Well, this

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