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"This summer head to this lovely waterfront town for relaxing fun and a history lesson on every corner." Ten suggested stops in town include Penelope Barker House Welcome Center, Edenton Trolley Tour, Roanoke River Lighthouse, Chowan County Courthouse, James Iredell House, Maritime Underground Railroad, Edenton Bay and Chowan and Pasquotank River Basins, Cupola House Gardens, Edenton Museum Trail and Kadesh A.M.E. Zion Church.
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The North Carolina Century Farm program is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. About 2,000 farms have been recognized since its inception.More recently, more than several dozen farms have joined the Bicentennial Farm program. Indigo Farms in Calabash and Harrell Hill Farms near the North Carolina and Tennessee state border are featured.
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Mona Hanes Templin is president of Mrs. Hanes Moravian Cookies in Clemmons, N.C. the business was started by her mother Evva Hanes in 1960. With exception to relocating the business from home to a store front in the mid-1960s and the addition of an electric mixer that blends 750 pounds of dough at a time, little has changed. All cookies are still carefully rolled, cut and packaged by hand. 10 million of the delicate crisps are produced annually.
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4.A New Era For NFA by Stroop, Rachel North Carolina Field and Family Vol. 9 Issue 4, Winter 2022-23
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"The Forgotten history of the New Farmers of America has been restored and preserved for the future." Founded during the era of segregation, NFA helped guide black youth to become established in agriculture. It was originally begun at N.C. A. & T. during the 1926-27 academic year and later formed as a national organization in Tuskegee Alabama in 1935.
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Located in Pittsboro and 10 miles south of Chapel Hill, Fearrington Village was designed as a community emulating characteristics of a village in the English countryside. Founders R.B. and Jenny Fitch initially with the old Fearrington homestead, turned into a restaurant and now celebrating its 40th year of operation.
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Located in Rockingham County, Eden is nearby high Rock Ford Historic Site, which marks where Gen. Nathaniel Greene's army encamped during the American Revolution. Eden is also home to the Smith River Greenway, a popular paved walking path and butterfly trail.
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The Wilson, N.C. business began in 2012 and in 2017 started growing a wide range of cut flowers. Today, it devotes more than sixty acres to fresh produce, sunflowers and other cut flowers. A sunflower maze is a special attraction. Collin and Ashley Blalock are owners.
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Since 1924, Butterfields Candy Co. in Nashville, North Carolina has produced old-fashioned hard candies called “Buds.” The candies received national attention in 2007 when celebrity chef Rachael Rey featured them on her show. Since then, the company has revamped the production process and rebranded the business, now turning out 100,000 candies each week.
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Guadalupe Cafe opened in Sylva in Jackson County in 2004. The eatery's mission revolves around sustainability, Jen Pearson, owner purchased what had been a 1920s era drug store and soda fountain on Main Street to house the current business now selling a creative mix of globally inspired food, craft beer and wines.
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Mark Brown, information and communications specialist with the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer says that in addition great exhibits, the museum has historic buildings and railroad tracks that allow access to its 60 acres of land.
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"How milk and peanut research impacts those with food allergies and intolerances. " Dr. Jiammei Yu's research involves exposing peanuts to enzymatic treatment.
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Gwynn Valley Camp has hosted a summer camp for boys and girls since 1935. Patterson Farm Inc. in Mount Ulla began doing summer camps for children about five years ago.
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"Extension agent Brad Edwards helps Christmas tree growers in more ways than one." Edwards launched Chestnut Grove Farms in western North Carolina to expand the traditional Christmas tree market by manufacturing holiday greenery.
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William Rand Kenan, Jr. graduated from UNC in 1894 and after his death left an endowment with the N.C. State Dairy Farm. In 2012, the museum was established and designed to help both kids and adults understand milk production. Kenan helped discover acetylene but was predominantly interested in the raising and research connected to Jersey cows.
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Located in Banner Elk, Apple Hill Farm shifted to an agritourism model in 2006. Guided tours allow guests to learn about the raising of alpacas and sending fiber off to be made into yarn.
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