Category Archives: South Carolina

Everyone is clucking about local turkeys

Posted on November 16, 2013 by didaniel

I’ve seen plenty of wild turkeys in my day, but I’d never been around farm turkeys much until I wrote “Farm Fresh North Carolina.” When I was researching the book, in 2008, regular folks getting farm-raised turkeys for their Thanksgiving … Continue reading →

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Our NC peaches are peachy keen

Posted on June 18, 2013 by didaniel

Back in the day, North Carolina’s peach crop, concentrated mainly in the Sandhills area around Southern Pines and Pinehurst, used to be shipped up the East Coast. Those days are gone, but luckily for us, the peaches are not. By … Continue reading →

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