Sunburst, perched in the mountains of the Pigeon River valley in the shadow of Cold Mountain, the setting for the novel of the same name, sells 65% of its products, which include fillets and trout eggs, to high-end grocery chains Whole Foods and the Fresh Market, among others.

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Sunburst, perched in the mountains of the Pigeon River valley in the shadow of Cold Mountain, the setting for the novel of the same name, sells 65% of its products, which include fillets and trout eggs, to high-end grocery chains Whole Foods (nasdaq: WFMI - news - people ) and the Fresh Market, among others.

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Las Vegas lies at the edge of the vast Mojave Desert, in a bowl-shaped valley in the parched rain-shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

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