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Plate of decorated winter cookies: snowmen, blue hot-cocoa mugs, and patterned mittens

Sandbar Sweets (Rachel Sanchez)

It was a lop-eared rabbit that nudged Rachel Sanchez into launching a cookie business. Rachel’s family and friends had long been impressed with her beautifully decorated cookies and they encouraged…

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Report to the People - 2022

We're excited to share our Report to the People which was presented to the Dare County Board of Commissioners on July 17, 2023. You may watch the presentation here:

Purple, yellow, and orange carrots and round roots above "LOCAL" and "FOODS • PLANTS • PEOPLE"

Croatan Gardens - Eric Soderholm & Ladd Bayliss

Literally and figuratively speaking, Eric Soderholm digs dirt. He waxes eloquently about organic matter, nitrogen levels, loaminess, and something called cation exchange capacity which measures the…

Cluster of oyster mushrooms arranged on a wire rack

First Flight Fungi, Brandon Fearns, Mushroom Grower

Brandon Fearns was a rock-flipping, bug-catching, lizard-chasing kid. “Always walking with my head down, looking at the ground for critters,” he says. In this manner, he inevitably met up with…

Two jars labeled "HAY POINT Live Culture Foods" (Sauerkraut, Kraut Kimchi) among cabbages

Hay Point Live Culture Foods

Hay Point Live Culture Foods Are you in need of a SCOBY? You are if you’re planning to brew a batch of kombucha (kom-BOO-cha). SCOBY is an acronym for Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast. And in…

Copper pot still with column and stainless steel fermentation tanks in a distillery

Farmer/Producer Spotlight - Outer Banks Distilling: Kill Devil Rum

“Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” For many, that may sound like a pipe dream, but for the guys at Outer Banks Distilling (Kill Devil Rum), they have found themselves in…

Lemon, jar of blueberry jam, and biscuit topped with blueberry jam on floral tablecloth

It's Blueberry Season!

How about putting a lemony spin on plain blueberry jam and calling it Lemony Blueberry Nectarine Freezer Jam? Imagine eating this sweet/zesty concoction on hot biscuits, fresh bread, ice cream, or…