The Daring Tradition of a Very Special Lemon Farmer

There is a remarkable person teetering on cliff edges to get to the fruit of a tree who has something to teach us all.  Gigino the Lemon Man is 80-years-old and may be the best (and last) person to show us why some traditions can add all the sweetness we need to life.

Among the cliff-edge trellises and tumbling tendrils of green on Italy’s Amalfi Coast, you may spy an 80-year-old man climbing high atop heavily laden branches, tending to ancient lemon trees whose roots hold themselves, their caretakers, and the coast itself in place. Without this flying farmer, his giant, special lemons, and the generations that came before him, this beautiful place in our world would cease to exist! Here’s why some traditions are worth the risk.

By Sam Burns

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