Category Archives: foraging

Visit to Black River Organic Farm

Ivanhoe, NC, population 311, doesn’t have much of a downtown scene or a place to get an organic fair trade hot chocolate or even one of those traffic light things, but it does have Black River Organic Farm.   The … Continue reading

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Foraging in Wilmington Part Two – The Highlights

I am, at best, a wanna-be food forager. I am really more of a scavenger, doing much better in dumpsters than I do surrounded by trees and weeds. In times gone by I have relied heavily on dumpstered bread and … Continue reading

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Foraging in Wilmington Part One – Background

My grandfather and I used to eat tomato and dandelion flower sandwiches in the summer – white bread out of a bag, a fresh garden tomato and a handful of recently opened yellow dandelion flowers squished together with some mayonnaise … Continue reading

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