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Carrboro NC

Contra Dancing in Carrboro

by Tat’yana Berdan “‘Hunker down’ is a technical term in contra.” The above is one of the many verbal gems I overheard last weekend at the Friday night contra dance held in Carrboro’s Century Center. My friend Dana introduced me to contra dancing my freshman year of college. I took ballroom lessons for many years… Read More →

Filed Under: NC Field, Uncategorized Tagged With: Carrboro NC, Contra dancing, Tat'yana Berdan, Triangle Country Dancers

New Farmers in North Carolina: Karen Refugees

by Ray Linville More than 14,000 refugees have been resettled in North Carolina in the past decade, according to the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement. As these refugee communities grow, they are beginning to transform food traditions of our state and expand the agricultural offerings at farmers’ markets and farm-to-home deliveries provided through community-supported agriculture…. Read More →

Filed Under: Central NC, Eastern NC, Food, New South, Products, Recipes, Southeastern NC, Uncategorized, Western NC Tagged With: Asian vegetables, basil, beets, Burma, Carrboro NC, cauliflower, cilantro, CSA community supported agriculture, ginger, kale, Karen refugees, Lemon grass, lemongrass syrup, Myanmar, Orange County, pac choi, Piedmont Farm Tour, Ray Linville, refugees, sweet potatoes, taro root, Thailand, tomatoes, Transplanting Traditions Community Farm, Triangle Land Conservancy, turmeric

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