
{"id":5551,"date":"2009-04-19T05:46:05","date_gmt":"2009-04-19T13:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=5551"},"modified":"2009-04-19T05:46:05","modified_gmt":"2009-04-19T13:46:05","slug":"mill-farm-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2009\/04\/19\/mill-farm-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"MILL: Farm tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Outstanding in the field<\/p>\n<p>One of the finest tours available in the Piedmont is somewhat self-guided and only happens once a year. But with the combination of a little preplanning and a healthy curiosity, you can learn a lot about the work of some of the most productive and innovative farmers in the land.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s annual Piedmont Farm Tour is the weekend of April 25-26 and features more than 40 farms in Orange, Chatham, Durham and Alamance counties. Eight new farms are on the list this year. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The event, co-sponsored by Weaver Street Market, is the largest sustainable farm tour in the country. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a great way to explore corners of the counties you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never seen before while supporting the association\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s efforts to educate, inspire and organize farmers and consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Buttons are on sale now and cost $25. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good idea to carpool, since the button covers admission for a carload.<\/p>\n<p>A few tips and suggestions:<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Download the map at <a href=\"http:\/\/carolinafarmstewards.org\">carolinafarmstewards.org<\/a> or pick one up at Weaver Street Market and read through the list of farms ahead of time. Look for clusters of farms so you can make the most out your trip to each region.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Expect to be able to visit three or four farms a day, with each tour in the one-to-two-hour range<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Be sure to bring a cooler, as most of the farms have special sales set up for the tour<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 For the youngsters and anyone who wants to connect with the history of western Orange County\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dairyland region, visits to Chapel Hill Creamery and Maple View Dairy are a must.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 No pets, please.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outstanding in the field One of the finest tours available in the Piedmont is somewhat self-guided and only happens once a year. But with the combination of a little preplanning and a healthy curiosity, you can learn a lot about the work of some of the most productive and innovative farmers in the land. This&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5552,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5551\/revisions\/5552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}