After working for 38 years as a rocket scientist, Jack Dellinger, a fourth-generation miller from Bakersville, N.C returned home to the peace of the Appalachians.

“Just watching that old waterwheel turn, you can sense that something important went on here.”

Bags of grits and meal lined up together
A man pours grain in a metal dish
A man in glasses looks at a chair he's making
A Florida license plate that says "GRISTML"
Pieces of grain sit on a metal sheet

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