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Blue Ridge Natural Heritage Area announces 2010 Heritage Grants Program

The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area is pleased to announce its 2010 Heritage Grants Program, which offers matching grants for innovative projects that preserve, interpret, and promote the rich historical, cultural, and natural heritage of Western North Carolina.



Grants are available for the preservation, interpretation, development, and promotion of heritage resources in five thematic areas:
  • Agricultural heritage

  • Cherokee heritage
  • Craft heritage…
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Added by Matt Raker on July 6, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Sustainable Local Food Council has first meeting

The newly established N.C. Sustainable Local Food Advisory Council held its first meeting Feb. 9. There are 26 seats on the statewide council, and 24 of these appointees were able to attend the long awaited inaugural meeting held in front of a standing-room-only audience. N.C. Dept. of Commerce Sec. Keith Crisco is a member of the council.



The concept of creating a statewide council was identified as a priority during the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) Farm-to-Fork… Continue

Added by Matt Raker on February 25, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments

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