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20037
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A.J. Bullard is a retired dentist. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, he and his family settled on a Duplin County farm; he practiced dentistry in Mt. Olive. Although he has no formal horticultural training, he is recognized as one of the state's preeminent botanists and is known across the Southeast for his expertise in grafting fruit trees.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 77 Issue 4, Jul/Aug 2013,
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12298
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Thomas and Robert Butler have turned their 108-acre family farm in Harnett County from tobacco to hog raising. To protect the environment and deal with swine waste, the Butlers are promoting a hog waste storage system that benefits the environment by cutting down on greenhouse emissions and transforming animal waste into electricity. This approach has attracted attention from around the nation.
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More than 70 bird species have been seen on the Hoke County farm of Raft Swamp, and they are not there by coincidence. Jackie and Louie Hough have made efforts to attract the birds in order to create a thriving small-scale sustainable farm in the Sandhills of North Carolina.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 74 Issue 7, July 2010,
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30747
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Parker Family Farms in Orange County is run by Renee and Randall Parker and their four children. As fewer family farms continue to operate in North Carolina, the Parkers hope to save their farm and their agricultural heritage. Several local farming programs have helped the family continue to grow tobacco and raise pigs and chickens.
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10918
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North Carolina is home to over 4,000 native flowering plants, and 740 of them are considered rare or significantly rare. A large number of 47 plants is designated threatened. Among these plants are the Appalachian filmy fern, Eastern prairie blue wild indigo, Gray's lily, Georgia aster, Gray's lily, Plymouth gentian, Seabeach amaranth, and Small's portulaca.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 73 Issue 3, Mar 2009,
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11453
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Torreya taxifolia is a federally endangered conifer. It exists in a narrow range of habitat in Georgia and Florida. The oldest one in the country still stands in Norlina in Warren County and is around 150 years old. In an effort to save the species, an activist group called the Torreya Guardians planted thirty-one seedlings near Waynesville. While it will take years to prove it, the group feels moving the tree northward will improve its chance to produce seeds.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 73 Issue 8, Aug 2009,
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30863
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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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28227
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Cricket Rakita and Dr. Lee Barnes of the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association believe that vegetable diversity is under threat. As large seed companies buy up smaller seed companies and patent the seeds or genetically alter them, fewer varieties are being grown. With fewer varities of vegetables grown, certain types of heritage vegetables are lost along with their history. Rakita and Barnes discuss the importance of saving seeds to protect diversity, especially the heritage of the Southeast.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 10, March 2007,
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28247
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Lionel Vatinet is the owner of La Farm Bakery in Cary, NC and he discusses his history and success. Trained as a Maitre Boulanger (master baker) in Europe, Vatinet has found success in America. Vatinet takes pride in his work and spends much of his time educating others and consulting start-up, in-store, and manufacturing bakeries. Vatinet’s baked goods have been featured on Rachel Ray’s TV show and several of his breads are now carried by Whole Foods in the Triangle area.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 18, May 2007,
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28316
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Mike Jones of Franklin County owns a small farm which raises free-range, natural, and humanely raised hogs. Jones began working with confinement hog farms, but says his conscience prevented him staying in that industry. Jones’ biggest challenge is raising enough hogs to make money while keeping them from damaging their environment. Jones also works as an extension specialist for NC A&T University and encourages other farmers to use sustainable farming practices.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 24 Issue 38, September 2007,
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7884
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Starting in the coastal plain, the North Carolina Birding Trail will take birdwatchers to natural areas of rural regions throughout the state. Over thirty states have similar trails that generate millions of ecotourism dollars and provide funds to protect vanishing bird habitats. The nation's oldest birding trail was started in Texas in the early 1980s and is almost 2,110 miles long. When completed, North Carolina's trail will have three regional components. The coastal plains loop, the first section, is scheduled to open in the summer of 2006. This trail will be a driving route that connects birdwatching sites. The goal is to have at least one site in each of the state's 100 counties. A trail book will describe each birding area, including species at the site and nearby points of interest.
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12.Growing Organic Farms in Hoke County by Cruze, Sidney Carolina Country Vol. 38 Issue 9, Sept 2006
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Organic farming is the fastest growing segment of agriculture in the nation. In North Carolina the demand of retailers is outrunning production. Sales of organic products are the fastest growing sector in the state's retail food industry. Raft Swamp Farm in Hoke County gives individuals interested in organic farming an opportunity to explore it before investing in land by leasing them one of eight three-acre incubator farms for less than $200 a month. Cruze explains how the program works.
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Laurinburg Institute in Scotland County is the oldest private African American boarding school in the country. Founded with Booker T. Washington's help, the institute celebrated its one hundredth anniversary in September 2004. The school is a quiet learning haven for inner-city youth. Since 1963, graduates who have gone on to receive college degrees total 83 percent.
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Cruze discusses Wake County's only organic farmer and the Eastern Carolina Organics (ECO) program. Fred Miller, a former office equipment salesman, runs Wake County's only certified organic farm, Hilltop Farm. He and his wife own thirty acres on which they grow strawberries, potatoes, bok choy, and roma tomatoes. The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association started ECO to help new organic farmers and organic tobacco farmers grow more produce. Many organic farmers sell at food stands. ECO encourages them to focus on other areas, including natural food stores, co-ops, and restaurants.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 41, Oct 2005,
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Cruze describes the search for Fish Dam Road and the discoveries made. The search was a project undertaken by students at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and their teacher Joe Liles. The road was once a major thoroughfare, running east and west on a ridge south of the Eno River, between the Neuse River in Durham County and Hillsborough in Orange County. Indians first walked it over 300 years ago, then European settlers moving West, and finally permanent, local residents. By 2003, urban development buried the road, and it was long forgotten until the class brought it back to life.
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