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He specializes in writing about food, agriculture, business management, and marketing and ad copy. </p> 227 228 229 230<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Justin has published more than 150 articles about food, recipes, people, farming, and gardening in THE BEND Magazine and EASTside Magazine in Austin. Go to <a href="https://www.thebendmag.com/">thebendmag.com</a> or <a href="https://www.eastsideatx.com/">EASTsideatx.com</a> and search “Justin Butts” for articles. These articles reach more than 100,000 people each week. </p> 231 232 233 234<p class="wp-block-paragraph">He has written and performed more than 250 episodes of his popular FM radio program that airs weekly on KEDT/KVRT. Contact Justin at justinallenbutts.com to request scripts or recordings.</p> 235 236 237 238<p class="wp-block-paragraph">To read a few short samples of Justin’s writing to see the quality and diversity of his work, check out these posts:</p> 239 240 241 242<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://fourstringfarm.com/2023/05/13/how-one-man-in-one-small-boat-feeds-south-texas/">How One Man in One Small Boat Feeds South Texas</a></p> 243 244 245 246<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://fourstringfarm.com/2014/05/27/why-farmers-love-lightning/">Why Farmers Love Lightning</a></p> 247 248 249 250<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://fourstringfarm.com/2014/04/01/the-floating-gardens-of-aztecs/">The Floating Gardens of the Aztecs</a></p> 251 252 253 254<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://fourstringfarm.com/2012/05/09/moonlighting-sonata-4/">Moonlighting Sonata #4</a></p> 255 256 257 258<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For a copy of Justin’s book proposal, which 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