Reviving a crop that peaked in the 50s; Will Menard become the Spaghetti Capital of Texas?

  • Reviving a crop that peaked in the 50s; Will Menard become the Spaghetti Capital of Texas?
    Reviving a crop that peaked in the 50s; Will Menard become the Spaghetti Capital of Texas?
  • ABOVE- Spaghetti farmer Tyson Roll enjoys a day in the spaghetti fields with one of the family’s 3 spaghetti guardian dogs, Meryem. It is important to have guardian dogs, especially around harvest time, to keep the spaghetti’s most threatening natural predator at bay: the opossum. TMN photo.
    ABOVE- Spaghetti farmer Tyson Roll enjoys a day in the spaghetti fields with one of the family’s 3 spaghetti guardian dogs, Meryem. It is important to have guardian dogs, especially around harvest time, to keep the spaghetti’s most threatening natural predator at bay: the opossum. TMN photo.
  • Reviving a crop that peaked in the 50s; Will Menard become the Spaghetti Capital of Texas?
    Reviving a crop that peaked in the 50s; Will Menard become the Spaghetti Capital of Texas?
  • Reviving a crop that peaked in the 50s; Will Menard become the Spaghetti Capital of Texas?
    Reviving a crop that peaked in the 50s; Will Menard become the Spaghetti Capital of Texas?
    By Paige Wright There’s nothing like homegrown spaghetti, and a farming family in Menard will be the first to raise the lesserknown crop in the San Saba River Valley.Tyson Roll, of the local Von Roll Farms, walked us through the impressive orchard just east of town. Roll says the 52-acre plot replaced valuable alfalfa fields, but he’s determined to get Menard on the map as a destinat...

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