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 Stories About: agriculture AND food AND North Carolina AND sustainable ag
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Bringing farming home
Thoughts on an 'urban farm tour' in Carrboro, N.C. |
Tom Philpott |
24 Sep 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Farm Tour culminates at Carrboro Community Garden. Photo: Maciek Kryzystoforski What's a farm? I don't want to get buried in technical definitions, but I'll take a stab at an informal one: a substantial piece of productive land. When I step out my front door in Carrboro, N.C. -- where I spend part of my time -- I see plenty of plenty of open land, much of it planted in what might be seen as a cover crop: grass. Of course, the land isn't contiguous. Stree ... |
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| Topics: North Carolina, local food, food, agriculture, sustainable ag (all these topics) |
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Farming with smarts and humor
An NC farmer makes the radio |
Tom Philpott |
30 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| One of my favorite things about small-scale farming has been meeting other small-scale farmers. In short, you've got to be a bit of a character to decide to spend your days playing in the dirt while also trying to squeeze a living out of it. Gallows humor is a typical characteristic, as is a certain joie de vivre, at least when the the stress level isn't too high. One of the ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, food, North Carolina, sustainable ag (all these topics) |
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U. of North Carolina students say no to Smithfield pork
Pushing for 'fair food' on campus in the land of hog factories |
Tom Philpott |
08 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Last year, a bunch of students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill got tired of the industrial dreck served up in the cafeteria. They discovered that the landscape around them was producing some amazing, chemical-free meat and produce and set about figuring out how to get some in school dining halls. Photo: iStockphoto Led by seniors Sally Lee and David Hamilton, they declared themselves FLO Food (FLO = fair, local, organic), and began negot ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, campus activism, education, food, industrial ag, local food, North Carolina, organic food, sustainable ag (all these topics) |
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