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Greenhouses are being put to great use!  The Guilford Urban Farming Initiative is now using one.  As Paula Sieber, Executive Director, explains: Our mission is to grow local and urban agriculture, improve community health and wealth while reducing socioeconomic and health disparities, to explore concepts of food sovereignty within an urban setting while promoting food justice, environmental justiceContinue reading “The Guilford Urban Farming – Greenhouse Now Open”

 Real-LYF,  locally owned and operated, is filling another greenhouse with gorgeous plants.  Dennis Kirk describes the business this way…  In a world of corporate buyouts and mergers, small, local businesses are on the verge of extinction, especially within the plant-scaping industry.  Consequently Real-LYF evolved from just that. We are a locally owned and operated company exclusiveContinue reading “Real-LYF More Than Just Growing Plants”

A new bridge for the Mountains-to-Sea spur trail is now open at the County Farm.  Dustin Maclean who runs the Farm says this foot bridge was a joint enterprise of County workers.  Linda Dunn with Salander is one of many who are happy to avoid sloshing through the pond’s spillway. To learn about the Mountains-to-Sea trailContinue reading “Bridging the Spillway at the County Farm!”

Well, if you thought 2020 couldn’t get any weirder that it already is, think again. This year – since most of your usual Halloween plans are probably nixed anyway – you actually see goats at a former prison farm eating discarded carved pumpkins that accumulated during a pumpkin carving competition among county parks staff. Yep,Continue reading “Pumpkin Eating Contest – Goat Style!”