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38203
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The shift from agrarian to urban, which started to occur over a century ago, is doubling back on itself in the growing number of people who are becoming farmers. As for today’s Davidson College students, many welcome spending as much time outside engaged in farm labor as inside listening to lectures. It’s a departure from the typical 19th century student’s reaction to the farm labor part of Davidson College’s curriculum: rebellion.
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38244
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Some veterans traumatized by their combat experience worked at the farm of Bill O’Brien, a who served in the Navy and Army National Guard. From the toil of the soil at Veteran Owned Veteran Grown Inc. came their healing of mind and spirit.
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42609
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To support new farmers, the Southern Appalachian Highland Conservancy’s Farmer Incubator Program offers access to low cost land the Community Farm. The farm includes staff support, infrastructure, and equipment.
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Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 15 Issue 5, May 2018, p90
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36201
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The presence of pollinators is of increased concern for scientists, gardeners, and farmers, due to decreased pollinator populations worldwide. For a pollinator friendly garden, the author recommended flowers preferable to pollinators such as Passion vine, Milkweed, Coneflower, and Dahlia. Other factors to consider are a protective environment and ample water sources.
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36262
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Promise noted in five profiled individuals, employed by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, also held a potential to enhance the quality of life. The research endeavors by these individuals promised to tackle issues such as obesity, colon cancer, emissions, and pavement quality.
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26740
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Located in Warren County touching the border with Virginia, Ridgeway is one of the lesser-known food capitals of North Carolina, and some of their principle cantaloupe farmers are the Holtzmann family. The Holtzmann family even have documents related to cantaloupe shipments associated with the 1939 meeting between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and King George VI.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 84 Issue 3, August 2016, p146-152, il, por Periodical Website
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36556
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Bee Branch Farm’s owner expresses a personal investment and interest in Sandy Mush’s farmland conservation efforts. Contributions of this native, ninth generation farmer and former high English teacher, include the Northwest Buncombe County Farm Heritage Trail and her farm’s production of vegetables and honey applying organic practices.
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27780
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Helga and Tim MacAller own Four Leaf Farm in Rougemont and grow an unusual crop for North Carolina. The MacAller’s grow kiwi and supply local restaurants and farmers market with the fruit. Due to Hurricane Sandy and colder weather, the crop has not been good this year. The MacAller’s experiences growing the fruit are detailed.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 29 Issue 45, November 2012, ponline Periodical Website
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38276
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What makes a farm work, according to the author, is the relationship between farmers and tractors. Another relationship discussed by Hughes reflects the tractor’s enduring importance in North Carolina. An illustration for this relationship is the anecdote about a farmer, his tractor, and child he trusted to operate it. Illustrations of the tractor’s importance in North Carolina is many counties having multiple tractor dealerships, her comparison between tractor and car dealerships, and assertion tractor dealerships are often community centers and places of business.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 80 Issue 5, Oct 2012, p174-176, 178-184, 186-188, 190, 192 Periodical Website
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16210
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The state's farmers suffered greatly during the Great Depression because this group had already experienced difficulties in the decade before. Governors O. Max Gardner and J.C.B. Ehringhaus were charged with providing aid to this especially destitute demographic. Several New Deal programs targeted the plight of farmers like the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) the Resettlement Administration (RA).
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28056
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The Crop Mob is a group of farmers without farms who spend one Sunday each month helping out on small farms in rural Orange and Chatham counties. The group has been a part of why the number of small farms in the Triangle area has increased over the last decade. The group is made of mostly young farmers and activists and the group has gained national attention for their work.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 26 Issue 42, October 2009, p35-36 Periodical Website
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25295
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The Pamlico-Tar River Foundation has given awards for conservation to local farmers. They two winners both farm large amounts of land but still manage to keep conservation a priority.
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Currents (NoCar TD 171.3 P3 P35x), Vol. 24 Issue 4, Fall 2005, p1, por
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31153
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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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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 35 Issue 6, June 2003, p17-19, il
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4041
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Over the years, three groups have farmed the land. The first group was subsistence farmers, who raised animals and crops for their own needs. The second group, the planters, saw farming as a way to make money. The last group did not own the land, but worked it, and included indentured servants, slaves, and tenant farmers.
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Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 38 Issue 1, Fall 1998, p16-18,20, il