by Kate Wheeler | Dec 10, 2020 | Catawba Run
Rachel Brown hand coils a piece of pottery in 1908. Rachel Brown is one of the links in the ancestral chain keeping Catawba pottery alive for future generations of potters. Image Credit: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Walking into a local North Carolina art gallery, a small clay...
by Kate Wheeler | Oct 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
At Fonta Flora Brewery, two local brews – Paw Paw Gose and Carolina Custard – deliver the unique native flavor of paw paw in each sip. It was about four years ago that Foragable Community partnered with Fonta Flora to establish a native flavors garden at...
by Kate Wheeler | Oct 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Winter squash, corn, and beans are three common foods that have a history reaching back more than 6,000 years in North America. It was the Indigenous peoples of the Americas that first cultivated these three crops – known as the Three Sisters – and...
by Kate Wheeler | Sep 25, 2020 | Catawba Run
The regeneration of forests at Catawba Run continues this year with the latest drum chop and burn treatment on 30 acres. The goal of the treatment was to clear away the dense thicket of stunted loblolly pine and other unmanaged regrowth of past clearcuts to make way...
by Kate Wheeler | Sep 10, 2020 | Catawba Run
Imagine you’re standing in a forest in the Piedmont. Oak and pine trees of different heights sway above you as long grasses, deep purple violets, and the vibrant yellow flowers of golden ragwort brush your ankles. As you walk between the wide rows of trees, cattle and...
