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Making Apple Cider

Have you ever wondered how apple cider is made? First, you get boxes and boxes of apples. A mix …

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Apple Sauce Recipe

If you have more apples than you can eat, freezing apple sauce is a great way to store this …

pumpkin-variety-trial

How to Find the Perfect Pumpkin

In this episode of Homegrown, Penny Perkins-Veazie, a researcher in postharvest physiology with NC State University who studies what happens …

Cover photo for WNC Livestock Expo 2020

WNC Livestock Expo 2020

Historically the weekend after Labor Day most folks in Western North Carolina are excited to be heading to the …

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Saving Milk

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Farm City Day 2020 Virtual Ag Tour

Farm City Day, an annual agricultural awareness fair started in 1955, celebrates rural traditions, introduces the urban population to …

Fruit & Veggies

The Big Give Event!

Mills River Farmers Market is partnering with with Interfaith Assistance Ministries to host THE BIG GIVE this weekend! Fresh produce …

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