After decades of fruit growing as a hobby, Larry Stephenson finally got the nerve to try it as a full-time business. Today, Larry operates Southern Cultured Orchards & Nursery, based in Carrollton, Mississippi, where he propagates, grows and distributes heirloom, native, and exotic fruit trees. Larry serves as a director of the NAFEX. His business motto is, “yesterday’s trees planted today for tomorrow’s generations.”