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In 2010, Andrew Frank, his wife, and his son began working on their now successful Duck Dance Farm in Burnsville. The farm breeds duck, geese, and fish, but does not sell the meat from these animals. Instead, they make a profit from the eggs the duck and geese lay. The family defines their farming philosophy as responsible and raises the birds as free range.
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Cornelius's new restaurant, Fork! has a casual dining setting with simple, yet modern cuisine. Chef Tim Groody, a leader of Charlotte's farm-to-table movement, uses local, organic and natural ingredients in the prepared dishes.
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Briley’s Farm is a family owned farm providing produce to Greenville throughout the year and has been for 35 years. They host many activities throughout the year including pick your own strawberries in the spring, a corn maze, pick your own pumpkin, birthday parties, field trips, company retreats, and much more for everyone from children to adults.
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Ney discusses the advantages of buying food that is raised by local farmers. It is estimated the North Carolinians spend $35 billion per year on food purchases. If just 10 percent were spent locally, that would bring $3.5 billion into local economies and provide support to local farmers and provide jobs in the farming community.
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Mother Earth Produce is a year-round delivery service that provides fruits and vegetables from local farmers to customers. The business is run by two people and encourages people to eat locally-grown food.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 9 Issue 5, May 2012,
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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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Acre Station Meat Farm specializes as a butcher for hog and beef farmers who raise animals without steroids or antibiotics. By working with local farmers to create the custom meat cuts and unique value-added products that bring them business, Acre Station is helping to rebuild North Carolina’s local food economy.
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Laurey Masterton is the owner of Laurey's Catering and Gourmet-to-Go, an Asheville-based business that makes use of local produce from farmers.
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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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Wilson Daughtry grows Mattamuskeet Sweet Onions at his Hyde County farm, Alligator River Growers, in eastern North Carolina’s “blacklands”. The flavor and texture of this sweet onion variety depends on the climate, weather and peat soil near Lake Mattamuskeet. The onion is high in demand due to its short growth period in June and July.
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The fourth annual symposium of the Southern Foodways Alliance continued the trend of valuing traditions associated with Southern cooking culture and the region’s farming industry. Discussed during this symposium was challenges that contemporary regional farmers face, due to the USDA’s implementing the corporate farm mentality. Also highlighted was challenges of maintaining Southern cooking cultural traditions, with an increasingly diverse and transient regional population.
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One of North Carolina’s most popular developments in recent years has been the “pick-out” operations, where people can pick their own strawberries directly from the berry patch. Carl and Rachel Dellinger operate a pick-out strawberry patch on their Gaston County farm each summer. This article discusses the Dellingers’ farm business and the duties involved in growing strawberries.
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The Watauga County Farmers Market attracts hundreds of people who come to socialize, and buy local farm produce and handicrafts. The farmers market is operated on a non-profit basis and was developed in 1973 by the New River Valley Resource Conservation and Development Project. The market organization has eighty members selling their merchandise.
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According to the State College Department of Field Crops, the highest crop yields in the state for six principal cops range from twice to four times as much as the state average. Tobacco, corn, cotton, peanuts, soybeans, and wheat are averaging 129 to 238 percent of the state average yields on Experiment Station plots, while many farmers are doing just as well.
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