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Category Archives: Counties per Region
PepperFest is back, and sweeter than ever
It’s time for another PepperFest — Oct. 5 from 3 to 7! It’s again at Meadow Park south of downtown Chapel Hill, the only place you’ll find top local chefs doing crazy things with Chatham County peppers. Your kids don’t like … Continue reading
Posted in Chatham County
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Learn to can it in Carrboro
Curious about canning? Learn all about it on Aug. 16 at the Carrboro Farmers’ Market. Market-goers will learn how easy it is to preserve the best, fresh produce at International Can-It-Forward Day celebration, presented by Jarden Home Brands, makers of … Continue reading
Posted in Orange County
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Savor the South Weekend features cookbook authors
All you food and farm lovers, a fantastic getaway is planned — the Savor the South Weekend at O.Henry Hotel in Greensboro, Sept. 26-28, a celebration of the awesome cookbook/ingredient series from UNC Press. The editor and brilliant series originator … Continue reading
Posted in Guilford County
Tagged Cookbook authors, farm to table, north carolina cookbooks, Savor the South
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Inaugural Triad Farm Tour is June 7 and 8
Here’s some exciting news! Our friends at Carolina Farm Stewardship Association have added a new farm tour to its growing list – this time in the Triad. The first annual Triad Farm Tour is June 7 and 8 from 2 … Continue reading
Cycle to Farm offers the best of both worlds
Velo Girl Rides, organizer of the Cycle to Farm tour of local farms by bicycle, added two more locations to bring cyclists to beautiful local farms to enjoy stunning scenery, eat locally-grown and raised food, and buy products at local … Continue reading
Posted in Buncombe County, Orange County
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Help RAFI help farmers with book project
RAFI (Rural Advancement Foundation International), based in Pittsboro, has an impressive project in the works. Growing Innovation will document 17 years of farmer innovation in North Carolina with an online library and printed book. These will be tools for farmers … Continue reading
Posted in Chatham County, Farmers, Food, Orange County
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Laurey Masterton: a pioneer who kept pushing
When it was time to choose a spot to have my western NC book-release party in 2011, I immediately said: Laurey’s in Asheville. The cafe, run by chef and owner Laurey Masterton, embodied everything I love about the local foods … Continue reading
Posted in Bees, Buncombe County, Cooking, Dining
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Everyone is clucking about local turkeys
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
Pepper Festival returns with more pep than ever
Somehow, regretfully, I end up being out of town every year for one of my favorite events — the Pepper Festival in Chatham County, so please go for me! This year’s fest, on Sunday, Oct. 6, from 3 to 7 … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, Chatham County, Environmental, Family travel, Farmers, Food, Orange County
Tagged Abundance Foundation, Piedmont Biofuels
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Flurry of farm-fresh fall festivities
Wow, there’s so much going on that I feel compelled to do a round-up. Typical fall in the Carolinas! The 8th annual and always entertaining Eastern Triangle Farm Tour is happening Sept. 21-22. Six new farms are included among the 27 … Continue reading
Some favorite U-pick farms for U
The U-pick season is shorter in the mountains and middle of the state. Here are a few of my favorite spots there, with their entries from my book. Check ’em out! (But of course call or check online before you … Continue reading
Posted in Ashe County, Food, Madison County, Rockingham County, U-pick farms
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Our NC peaches are peachy keen
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
Posted in Coastal Region-Sandhills, Farmers, Fruit, South Carolina
Tagged fresh peaches, peaches, secret life of bees
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Peregrine Farm founders spread the wealth
Alex and Betsy Hitt of Peregrine Farm get the star treatment they deserve in yesterday’s News & Observer. Writer Andrea Weigl wrote a great profile about the farmers in Graham. Part of the story is how they’ve mentored so many … Continue reading
Dig deeper with Taste Carolina food-farm events
I got to hang out with some of my favorite food purveyors last night — Farmhand Foods, which distributes local, pasture-raised meats, and April McGreger of Farmer’s Daughter Brand, sweet-and-savory queen of all that is preserved or fermented. And I … Continue reading
If it’s April, it must be time for beer
Craft beer followers already pour into North Carolina because of its reputation as the South’s premiere beer destination, with more breweries than any state south of Pennsylvania (73 and counting). More and more of those breweries are now locally sourcing … Continue reading
Posted in Buncombe County, Chatham County, Durham County, Guilford County
Tagged craft beer
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Farm Fresh Orange County — in print!
I had a great time (but it was work, too!) organizing and writing content for a special 8-page guide to finding farm-fresh food and fun in Orange County. The booklet is first appearing in the March/April issue of Chapel Hill … Continue reading
Cheese and goats and beer!
So many cool Triangle events coming up! Prodigal Farm, one of just two Animal Welfare Approved goat cheese dairies in North Carolina, is hosting some cool events. On Jan. 27, they’ll have a Beginning Cheesemaking Workshop, from 11 a.m. until … Continue reading
Posted in Chatham County, Durham County
Tagged Cackalacky, Celebrity Dairy, Fullsteam Brewery, Prodigal Farm
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How sweet it was …
I got this sad news today from John Swann at Maple Creek Farm, famed for its southernmost maple syrup. I’ve written about them here before, and check out the photos too! To our Followers, Customers, and Friends: We regret to … Continue reading
Posted in Yancey County
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