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April 2022

This Month’s Issue: Carolina Country Adventures

As we’ve traditionally done each April, this month we’re exploring travel destinations around the state. For those of you feeling the call of the open road, our roundups of local farms, mountain cheesemakers and filming locations across NC should provide a worthy destination. (Just plan ahead so you don’t end up like our list of reader vacation fails). Also, electric co-ops and farmers in North Carolina are teaming up for success.

—Scott Gates, editor

Your Power

Your Power

Make NC811 a Part of Your Digging Project

Calling NC811 can save lives, and limit damage and extensive repairs

Your Power

What Are The Environmental Impacts Of Electric Vehicle Batteries?

Big questions about our brighter future

Your Power

NC Electric Cooperatives Celebrate 85th Anniversary

Edgecombe-Martin County EMC was the first to flip the switch in 1937

Your Power

NC Electric Co-ops Join International Research Initiative

Collaborative will help advance low-carbon energy technologies

More from this issue

Carolina Creators

Brian Lewis, aka JEKS

This Greensboro graffiti artist creates amazingly realistic murals

Carolina Creators

Jereann King Johnson

This textile artist has known quilts and quilting as far back as she can remember

Carolina Living

A Formula for Healthier Living

Put the ‘triple seven’ rule into practice

Carolina Living

Celebratory Passover Desserts

Sweet treats for your Seder

Carolina Gardens

Stay Cool With Sweet Peppers

Plus Garden To-Do’s for April

Up Front

A Bright Future for Co-ops and Agriculture

Co-ops and farms have a history of working together, utilizing new technologies

Energy Sense

5 Questions to Ask Your Home Inspector

Assess energy efficiency before buying

Tip Of The Month

Stream Efficiently

Streaming that new show everyone’s talking about?

Carolina Adventures

Must-See Mountain Cheesemakers

Yellow Branch is a storied farm along the WNC Cheese Trail

Carolina Adventures

Learn Camping Lingo to Plan the Right Trip for You

Plan an outdoor adventure to suit your needs

Where in Carolina Country is This?

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