Fainting Goats and Flowers at Fearrington
If you ask me what to do in North Carolina, I’ll tell you that there’s always another garden to visit!
Between Chapel Hill and Pittsboro there is a village that was created in the early 1970s by RB and Jenny Fitch. Fearrington Village was built on the 1500 acre site [...]
ELPs Politics of Food Conference, in Raleigh NC
Posted by tes thraves under big picture, neighboring efforts, regionalizing, super local
September 21st-24th I spent in Raleigh at the ELP’s national conference on the Politics of Food. There were numerous good workshops, but mostly the people I met, from literally near and far, will impact my [...]
Costly Jordan Lake clean-up rules hit an interesting speed bump
North Carolina’s Rules Review Commission met Thursday to look over the state Environmental Management Commission’s proposed rules for cleaning up Jordan Lake — a key part of state government’s initiative to force clean-up of the manmade lake, an effort that’s drawn criticism from local governments for [...]