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>> mike: we see that ramps are selling for $30 a pound in new york city that we're harvesting in west virginia, and what's west virginia seeing from that? probably a guy that got about $2 a pound. >> emily hillard: it becomes just another extractive industry like coal or timber. and you sort of start to see that -- >> anthony: that's the story of west virginia. >> emily: yeah. >> anthony: chef mike costello and partner amy dawson are looking to keep that culture alive and appreciate it, and paying off locally for the region it originated in. "lost creek farm" is their place. ♪ and the nucleu...

>> anthony: so everybody born and bred here? >> chase: i've lived in canada for a long time. i stayed in england for quite a while. sweden for quite a while. no matter how long i'm gone, i always come back. can't just load the jeep up with a bunch of guns and stay out there for seven days and, you know, you can't really do that anywhere else. >> justin: that's probably one of the greatest things about west virginia. you know, we can enjoy whatever we want to enjoy. i'm not trying to force my opinions on anybody else. that being said, we will defend ours. >> anthony: i grew up in an environment...

>> leshawna: we don't rely on nobody. >> lola: yup, there ain't nothing i can't do, and if i don't know how to do it, i'll learn. we're not a bunch of pregnant women bare-footed with no teeth. i got all mine, you see? >> anthony: what's the best thing about living in this area and what's the worst thing? >> leshawna: the best thing is the people here. >> lola: there's probably nobody in these hollows that i couldn't go say, 'hey, i'm hungry, would you fix me a sandwich?' >> anthony: and worse thing? >> drema: see somebody that's on pills. or drunk. or out here just fighting. >> anthony: what c...

What coal mining is about? >> richard: no. >> anthony: they don't understand at all. >> patrick: when you travel from new york to here, whether you're on a boat, plane, train, or in the sky or driving on a car, it's because of a mine. >> anthony: mining causes damage to the environment. of this, there is no doubt. but what cannot be grown, must be mined. there ain't no cellphones, for instance, without mines somewhere. >> anthony: does anybody think it's going to come back, big time, like 30 years ago? >> miner: my personal opinion? every time a republican is in there it goes up. >> anthony: r...

Field. jesus name i pray, amen. let's go eat. >> coach: these kids, you know, they got long days. they wake up, what, 4:45-5:00. they don't leave off the hill from us until about 7:00 after practice, so they go through a lot. >> anthony: how many generations of coal in your family? >> coach mike: at least five. >> anthony: wow. >> anthony: coach mike anderson is second in command. coal in anybody else's family? yeah? >> cole: like trash man, that's a real common job in my family. >> coach larry: don't feel bad. trash men make more money than teachers do, chavez. >> anthony: fred "fat back" min...