Farming

Building an oasis in the desert

Posted on September 17, 2010
Categories: General News Tags: AGRICULTURE, Community Supported Agriculture, ENVIRONMENT, Farming, Food, Local Foods, Social Well-Being

Is it possible to build an oasis in the desert? Not the desert that brings to mind scorched earth and stretches of hot sand miles away from water and civilization. No. The question speaks to deserts that exist in urban centers across our country. Neighborhoods in the very heart of our otherwise thriving cities where […]

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Main Street, downtown Monroe.

Gallery of Union County Photos

Posted on July 23, 2010
Categories: Gallery, General News, Union Tags: Community Development, Downtown Revitalization, Farmer's Market, Farming

Photos by Nancy Pierce

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Falls Dam

Gallery of Stanly County photos

Posted on July 23, 2010
Categories: Albemarle, Badin, Gallery, General News, Stanly Tags: AGRICULTURE, Cultural Life, Farming, River
Iredell County Courthouse, now used for government offices. Tom Dooley was tried in this courthouse. It is on the National register of Historic Places.

Gallery of Iredell County photos

Posted on July 23, 2010
Categories: Gallery, General News Tags: AGRICULTURE, Cultural Life, Farming
Paddlers on the South Fork River look at a small independent hydro power generating plant on the river

Gallery of Gaston County photos

Posted on July 23, 2010
Categories: Gallery, General News Tags: AGRICULTURE, Cultural Life, Farming, Nature, Quality of Life, Recreation, River