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In 2014, Matt Register and wife Jessica opened Southern Smoke Barbecue in Garland, North Carolina. Garland was hit hard by Hurricane Florence. Register and other chefs hosted a series of events that raised more than $400,000 for hurricane relief.
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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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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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Home of U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, In addition to an impressive number of military memorials, Jacksonville has a diverse number of shopping, dining and other attractions all owned and operated by veterans.
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North Carolina is one of the nation's top 10 cotton producers. It is also home to the world headquarters of Cotton Incorporated, the non-profit research and marketing company established by act of Congress in 1966 to amplify research and promotion of cotton. Since its inception, both demand and innovation for cotton have been dramatic.
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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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42736
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NC State has earned a reputation in advanced aseptic food processing and packaging that is challenging widely used sterilization processes and conventional thinking on nutritional value attached to processed foods. A number of North Carolina companies are suing the new technology including 1in6 Snacks and Yamco.
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2020 marks the 125th anniversary of when George Vanderbilt first opened Biltmore House to friends and family. The modern day Christmas celebrations at the site began in 1976. Running between November and January, the holiday event attracts some 400,000 guests annually.Of special interest are the Candlelight Christmas Evenings, where all fireplaces are lit amid the glow of 150 candles and Christmas trees. A special 125th sparkling wine is being introduced by the Biltmore winery for the event which runs from November 6, 2020 through January 9, 2021.
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42738
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Michelle Wang says regarding sweet potatoes, North Carolina accounts for nearly 60 % of U.S. production, yet 80% of international sales.
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42741
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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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42821
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Danielle Baker is owner of Baker’s Southern Traditions Peanuts in Roxobel, N.C. Roxobel, population 263, sits in one of the country’s most ideal spots for growing the large seeded variety of Virginia peanuts known as “cocktail nuts”.
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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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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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42944
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Elaina Overby and Karyn Ring are carrying out their father Larry Richardson's dream of opening a berry farm on land his family had owned since the early 1900s. Eagle's Nest Berry Farm is located in Jackson Springs about 15 minutes drive west of Pinehurst N.C.
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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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