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C.W. Shumate entry
C.W. "Cliff" Shumate is an American businessman, farmer, and author. He owns Kentucky Enterprises, has written three children's books , and makes an assortment of blackberry food products.

Kentucky Food Production and Marketing
Shumate graduated from Morehead State University with an agriculture degree in 1981. Shumate now produces and markets a line of blackberry barbeque sauces and blackberry jams under the brand C.W. Shumate, and his company Kentucky Enterprises, LLC is licensed with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture as an official Kentucky Proud food producer.

Gram's Journey (2015)
In 2016, Shumate authored and published his first book, a hardbound color-illustrated children’s adventure entitled Blackberry Tails: Gram's Journey and unveiled it at the Paris, Kentucky Art Walk event. Shumate collaborated with friend and internationally exhibited artist L. Clark Uhl, who drew the book's illustrations and structured the layout. Gram’s Journey (ISBN 978-0-692-62559-0) has received a United States Copyright effective January 26, 2016, and is housed in the US Library of Congress. The Kentucky-based story is about a lost puppy, Gram, finding home. Gram is a rescue dog discovered in Bourbon County, KY by Shumate's daughter in 2012 and currently lives with the family.

Blackberry Tails Series
Shumate has published two more books in the Blackberry Tails series: Raisin's Odyssey and Elvis' Dream. A fourth book, Pearl's Trek, has been announced.

Literary Reviews
Kentucky Living Magazine writer Penny Woods wrote “C.W. Shumate offers Blackberry Tails: Gram’s Journey as a sweet parent-child story time." . Paul Gibson, writer for The Bourbon County Citizen, wrote “Blackberry Tails is a delightful children’s book. Shumate will attend a number of upcoming book signing events, and you should take the opportunity to meet Mr. Shumate.” The Carlisle Mercury wrote “Authors must compete with latest technology using pen and paper, and Blackberry Tails author C.W. Shumate was up for the challenge.”