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Tobacco Baskets

From the floor of the warehouse to the walls of your house

Seeing Science

A western North Carolina educational initiative that takes science students outdoors has improved student test scores

Cooperative Principles and the Next Generation

Doug Stephens is fired up by the values of the cooperative business model.

My Hero

A movie, a dime and a hero.

The Mill Town That Never Closed

How Cooleemee retained the heritage that defined its character

Homegrown Clothing

What if North Carolina could produce its own organic cotton and turn it into clothing made here, just like in the old days?

The Battle of Hatteras Inlet

An important event early in the Civil War that histories often ignore

After the Burns

Scottie Rector was treated at the UNC Burn Center and now plays softball and runs in 10K races

Down to Earth

Carolina horsemen rediscover the joy of plowing

Henry River Mill Village

An abandoned mill village in eastern NC sets the scene for the film "The Hunger Games"

The Civil War

In eastern North Carolina: 1862

Connecting farm and fork

A new facility has space and equipment to help local farms and food suppliers stay local

Agility, Stability, Stamina

The U.S. Army relies on the mule to go where other pack animals cannot go. But the mule must want to go there, too.

American know-how

helped avoid disaster at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant