A white Labrador Retriever named Pinky is on a mission. Nose to the ground, she sniffs at the base of trees in an orchard on a Fayette County farm.
Her owner, May May Barton, has placed treats on the ground at the base of some of the trees. It’s part of Pinky’s training to learn how to hunt for truffles.
Truffles have a unique smell that’s described as earthy. The delicacy is a spore-bearing fruit of a fungus that grows underground near host trees.
