This past Labor Day I joined potential U.S. Senate candidate, Cal Cunningham, and his team for a visit to the Pickards Mountain Eco-Institute in Orange County, NC. Founded and directed by Megan and Tim Toben, the Institute provides educational opportunities to the surrounding community through summer camps and a variety of programs for children from preschool through high school. The farm is an amazing example of a microfarm with an abundance of livestock, robust gardens, and the ecosystem support of a large wooded surroundings. In addition to raising and growing food and medicinal plants, the Institute has a hybrid solar-wind system that provides electricity to the entire farm — oh, and they refine biodiesel for farm vehicles and co-op members.
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Winston-Salem Microfarms is devoted to small-scale agriculture experiments, permaculture design efforts, and local foods events and organizations in Winston-Salem, NC and beyond. Our immediate mission is to create and sustain a network of urban microfarms that would provide goods and services for a higher order, interactive local food economy.Archives
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