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Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture has paired up with the Watauga County Public Library to create a seed library. Community members send in seeds so that community members can borrow up to 10 seed packets per season with a promise that they will return the new generation of seeds at next harvest. This has become a trend throughout North Carolina, with success at bringing back certain species back to the forefront of agriculture.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 85 Issue 11, April 2018, p110-114, il, por Periodical Website
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35342
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Highlighted by Cindy Lincoln was epizoochory, aka “hitchhikers,” seeds and fruits that attach themselves to other living things. As to why hitchhikers such as the profiled Southern Sandbur have this feature, she explained that it’s to disperse seeds. Another similarity noted was the areas hitchhikers habituate: where humans and other mobile creatures haunt.
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Powers discusses these fascinating collectibles, which are really seeds from tropical vines, plants, and trees. They fall from rain forests into waters that carry them into the ocean. From there the beans float hundreds of miles, taking months, sometimes years, to reach shore. Cape Lookout is a prime area for sea bean searchers.
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