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- Handmade in America
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Homegrown Handmade
Loosely based on the HandMade in America model, a project called Homegrown Handmade has also developed in North Carolina. To stimulate tourism and showcase the state’s art and agriculture as well, the N.C. Arts Council and N.C. Cooperative Extension formed a partnership and received a grant from Golden LEAF to fund a trails project. Golden LEAF (Long-term Economic Advancement Foundation) works to promote social welfare and provide economic assistance for North Carolina citizens and communities. Using HandMade in America as a template and training tool, the Arts Council and the Cooperative Extension created Homegrown Handmade.
This alliance of art and agriculture focuses on the farm trails and art roads in the Piedmont and eastern North Carolina. The project should be completed by the end of May and will include 72 counties. Currently, Homegrown Handmade has eight trails available with detailed descriptions of each area and a listing of the art and farm life in the trail towns. Each trail spans several counties and guides you in and out of rural eastern North Carolina. The trails are cleverly titled with names like “Rock Stew Ramble” and “Hushpuppies, Pimento Cheese and Sweet Tea.” From a path at the corner of Cucumber and Vine at the Mt. Olive Pickle Company to a strawberry patch in Scotland Neck, these trails are a great escape to get “in tune with the rhythm of the countryside.”
To visit the “agri-Cultural” farm and art trails created by Homegrown Handmade and their participating communities and partnerships, go online at www.homegrownhandmade.com
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