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23050
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As coyotes become a more prominent threat to livestock in North Carolina, a variety of guard animals--including dogs, goats, and llamas--now protect herds of cattle and sheep.
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23818
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A husband and wife, A.C. and Susan Honeycutt, own Fields of Hope and invite volunteers to help plant food to be sent to MANNA FoodBank and other hungry families.
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28524
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Brown-Headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) and Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) are both losing their habitat due to human progress. Many electric co-op members are working to reverse that trend by building birdhouses and nesting places for them. The efforts to provide homes for the birds are detailed.
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28659
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North Carolina’s college students are finding new ways to support sustainable causes on campus. Students from UNC Pembroke and Edgecombe Community College are highlighted for their promotion of sustainable food source and renewable energy sources.
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30700
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Western North Carolina has a wide variety of native plants and wildflowers. This article discusses the evolution of plant diversity in the region, how to plant and harvest certain native plant species, and the potential of native plants as an economic aid to farmers.
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30741
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For the past fifteen years, the Power of the Past Tractor Club has been restoring and raffling off old tractors to raise money for Holy Angels, a center for the severely disabled in Belmont, North Carolina. The tractor club gives residents of the center an opportunity for self-expression, such as tending a garden or learning to dance.
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30746
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In Haywood County, volunteers are gleaning or gathering produce left in fields after commercial harvest. The leftover crops are either donated to feed the hungry or shipped to local grocers. Farmers are also contributing produce as an outlet for unsold goods, to receive state tax credit, and to help people in the community.
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30872
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American chestnut trees were plentiful in the Appalachian forest, until the chestnut blight disease caused a rapid, widespread die-off in the early part of the twentieth century. Farmers and volunteers in western North Carolina are working with the American Chestnut Foundation to plant, grow and re-establish chestnut trees in the state’s forests.
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30987
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The nationwide trend toward locally-grown, organic food is bringing out the best in local farms. North Carolinians are partnering with their region’s farmers by signing up as members of the farms’ Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) cooperatives. They pay a set fee in advance to share in the farm’s produce, and help connect consumers with the source of their food.
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35227
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4-H and NC Cooperative Extension Service wanted to offer an updated facility including a HVAC-supplied auditorium/conference center. According to the author, the real value of this state of the art facility can’t be measured in the building. It’s calibrated in neighborly efforts ranging from wood donated by NC companies such as the Jordan Company Co (Mount Gilead) to the labor of love provided by carpenters from nearby Union Grove’s Amish community.
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35326
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Hannah Miller related how one beach visitor was inspired to put groceries his fellow vacationers left behind to good use: to benefit those in need of food.
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