by Laura Lengnick | Feb 18, 2021 | Catawba Run, Uncategorized
Traditional Foods of the Piedmont: Ramps Allium tricoccum PLANT TYPE: Wild perennial PREFERRED SETTING: Understory of temperate hardwood forests from Canada to Georgia LIGHT: Direct sunlight in early spring SOIL TYPE: Rich, loose, moist soil high in organic matter...
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 | Aug 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s late August and the shift from long hot summer days into that “fall feeling” is just over the horizon in the North Carolina Piedmont. As the mornings grow cooler and days grow shorter, it’s natural to begin thinking of fall harvests and preserving food for the...
by Laura Lengnick | Aug 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
The forests of the Piedmont and nearby Blue Ridge Mountains provided a rich landscape in which to forage and farm when the first known humans to inhabit the North Carolina Piedmont arrived about 10,000 years ago. Archeological evidence suggests that these...
by Laura Lengnick | Apr 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
In the best of times, cultivating local foodways yields many benefits to you and your family, your neighborhood and your greater community. Some of these benefits include improved psychological health and reduced stress through interactions with nature and the act of...
