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Entries matching "food and agriculture" from Green Notes

November 19, 2009

Downtown Greensboro gets new produce market

If anybody's wondering what ever happened to Mike Causey and Dodge Lodge Farm at the Greensboro Farmers' Curb Market, I have an answer for you. He has started another produce market at 505 N. Greene Street that operates six days a week and includes local... Read More

October 22, 2009

Learn fall gardening techniques at N.C. A&T farm

N.C. A&T will demonstrate to home gardeners, small farmers and locavores how to extend the growing season for tomatoes, squash, zucchini, cucumbers and spinach. Read More

September 22, 2009

Food talk with Alice Waters

Renowned chef and Slow Food activist Alice Waters talked with me about her work in the local and sustainable food movement in advance of her visit to Greensboro on Thursday. The Q&A will run in the Life section of tomorrow's paper, but you can also li... Read More

September 18, 2009

Agriburbia comes to North Carolina

Forward-thinking (or is it backward-thinking?) residential developers, builders and architects see the writing on the wall for traditional, mid-20th century-style suburban subdivisions and they are coming up with some innovative alternatives.One such alte... Read More

September 15, 2009

Green Eats: Southern Foods works to improve environmental footprint

Chances are good that you've eaten meat at a local restaurant or hotel that was cut and distributed by Southern Foods, a Greensboro-based company that has served the area since 1954. Read More

September 10, 2009

Young managers get to work at Peacehaven Farm

It's stirring to watch North Carolina agriculture transform and evolve in real time, from multiple ground zeroes in Guilford and surrounding counties. Today I visited Peacehaven Farm in Whitsett to follow up with the creators of a new farm residentia... Read More

August 24, 2009

Highlighting the Triad's green eateries

It's no secret for Triad area greenies: This region -- either by perception or reality -- tends to lag behind Asheville, Portland and other cities when it comes to the adoption of socially and environmentally responsible business practices (something loca... Read More