tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323014692024-03-13T03:09:42.157-06:00Green SandFor a greener, cleaner Sandhills, both environmentally and politically. Send us news and updates on organic gardening, permaculture, protection of NC environment, sustainable lifestyle, energy conservation and alternatives, smart controlled growth, preservation of small town character, local food production and consumption, slow food, support of locally-owned businesses and entertainment.M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.comBlogger2782125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-67102252783650488372014-03-13T12:48:00.000-06:002014-03-13T12:48:06.693-06:005th year of Sandhills Farm to Table. Join now!"Sandhills Farm to Table Co-op is now open for 2014 subscriptions to weekly or biweekly produce boxes. We keep family farms alive! A highly successful community-owned enterprise which gets re-created ever single year, SF2T is entering its fifth! <br abp="166" /><strong><span style="color: magenta;">Please join us - boxes begin in FOUR weeks:</span></strong> <br abp="167" /><br abp="168" />Click here to visit our new website and subscribe. <br abp="169" /><a abp="170" href="http://www.sandhillsfarm2table.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0072c6;">http://www.SandhillsFarm2Table.com</span></a><br />
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M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-32519014026723716342013-02-06T06:29:00.001-06:002013-02-06T06:29:28.153-06:00Farm2Table Open Now for 4th SeasonSANDHILLS FARM TO TABLE CO-OP NOW OPEN FOR FOURTH SEASON; NEW GENERAL MANAGER WITH LOCAL ROOTS JOINS TEAM<br /> <br /> <br />Had your "five-to-nine for good health" fruits and/or veggies today? Local strawberries, the freshest asparagus, kale, spring onions, lettuce, sugar snap peas and more - support local farmers and make eating well easy! <br /> <br />The Sandhills Farm to Table Cooperative is now accepting memberships and Produce Box subscriptions for the 2013 season through its online website www.SandhillsFarm2Table.com<br /><br />"Neighbors Feeding Neighbors" and "We're All in this Together" are the slogans of the SF2T Co-op, a grassroots, community-owned enterprise that distributes weekly or biweekly CSA-type Produce Boxes and value-added items from local farmers. Over 1600 households in the Moore, Lee, Richmond and Cumberland county area participate. Members also get a a weekly newsletter with recipes, and online store access to bulk produce for canning, jamming and freezing, potlucks, and more.<br /> <br />For $25, anyone can become a 2013 member and take advantage of offerings of local treats. <br /> <br />Members can choose to subscribe to the regular Produce Box, which has an alternative box choice weekly, or the Bread Box, in which a loaf of fresh-baked bread replaces part of the produce. The Spring/Summer season begins April 17/18th and runs until mid-August; in September, the Fall season begins an eight week run. Members may pick up at one of many Gathering Sites throughout the Sandhills. Options include weekly (18 weeks) or biweekly (9 weeks) deliveries, Family Boxes or a subscription for a "Bread" box. Cost ranges from the $22 per week for a Standard box to the $40 Family box. <br /> <br />Signup is easy and online. Just visit www.SandhillsFarm2Table.com. Questions about membership and the subscription program are answered in an extensive FAQ on the website. <br /> <br />The fourth season also brings two key changes to the core team. A new General Manager, Steve Peters, has taken on the role as of January 1. Steve joins the team after leaving his fifteen-year corporate career in New York City to return to Moore County with his wife, Susan, Proprietor of the Southern Whey cheese shop in historic downtown Southern Pines. Steve is a graduate of The O'Neal School and his family has claimed Moore County as their home since the early 1980s. <br /> <br />"Sandhills Farm to Table is a great community success story built on connecting people through locally produced food. I'm excited to become part of the team and lend some of my business experience and enthusiasm for community-based ventures to continue developing the SF2T narrative," said Peters. <br /> <br />With Steve joining the team, co-founder and former General Manager, Fenton Wilkinson, now will be pursuing projects both for SF2T and local economic development groups such as Moore County Partners In Progress.<br /> <br />"Fenton has been instrumental in the creation and growth of SF2T," said Jan Leitschuh, SF2T co-founder and Board Chairperson. "And we look forward to continuing to work with him on key initiatives that will benefit both the Co-op and the community at-large."<br /><br />Anyone interested in supporting local agriculture through an inexpensive membership or local subscription is invited to sign up online at the website www.Sandhillsfarm2Table.com. For questions not answered on the website, email <a href="mailto:info@SandhillsFarm2Table.com">info@SandhillsFarm2Table.com</a>.<br /> <br />### <br /> <br />SIDEBAR/FACTS<br /> <br />Our motto "We're all in this together" is not just something we say but something we do. Last year, farmers were paid over $250,000, and churches, 4-H clubs and schools received over $35,000 for their missions by hosting Gathering Sites. Over three tons of produce were donated to local families in need.<br /> <br />Co-op members do not have to live in Moore County. <br /> <br />All deliveries will be made to area Gathering Sites, including locations in Rockingham, Sanford and Fayetteville; a list of sites is on the website. The produce in the box will be valued at Farmer's Market prices, and area farmers receive seventy percent of retail, versus the national average of 17 cents per consumer food dollar spent at a grocery store. <br /> <br />Consumer-members indicated they wanted more control over their subscriptions, and last year changes were made to provide choice over both box contents and deliveries.<br /> <br />Popular last season was the "Alt Box." Every weekend, subscribers can review the likely Produce Box contents for the following week. The regular Produce Box generally offers seven to nine fresh, local fruits and vegetables. Up to 200 members can select "the Alt Box" with a slightly different variety of local produce. Do nothing, and the regular Produce Box will be delivered.<br /> <br />The Local-Online Store will also open again, offering members a growing number of products and convenience. All members have the weekly option of ordering bulk quantities of produce for fresh eating, canning and freezing, grass-fed meats, some organic and sustainable produce, as well as many of delicious specialty and value-added items our region offers - to be picked up at area Gathering Sites along with the Produce Boxes.<br /> <br />Small household? No problem. Again this year, a limited number of "Bread Box" subscriptions will be offered for small households having trouble eating all their produce. The "Bread Box" subscription option offers a portion of fresh produce and a weekly loaf of home-baked whole grain bread. <br /><br />Biweekly subscribers can easily keep up with their delivery schedule. Their Member Dashboard will display a calendar of their scheduled deliveries. A Recipe Bank is also online. <br /> <br />Spring-summer boxes contain the usual local produce, including: asparagus, strawberries, ripe tomatoes, arugula, onions, raspberries, sweet corn, carrots, bell peppers, squash, blueberries, greens, peaches, blackberries, basil, melons, plums, cucumbers, chard, garlic, green beans and more.<br /><br />If you'd like more info, or to schedule an interview with a Co-op farmer or anyone else, please contact Jan Leitschuh at 910-692-8801, or email Jan@Sandhillsfarm2Table.com M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-59862590247953872982012-10-17T10:11:00.000-05:002012-10-17T10:11:31.345-05:00Endorsements from NC League of Conservation Voters<div style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">
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North Carolina State Senate Races</h3>
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<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 5 – Former Senator Don Davis, D-Greene</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 9 – Deb Butler, D-New Hanover</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 14 – Sen. Dan Blue, D-Wake</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 15 – Senator Neal Hunt, R-Wake and Sig Hutchinson, D-Wake</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 16 – Sen. Josh Stein, D-Wake</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 17 – Erv Portman, D-Wake</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 18 – Sen. Doug Berger, D-Franklin</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 19 – George Tatum D-Cumberland</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 23 – Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 28 – Sen. Gladys Robinson, D-Guilford</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 32 – Sen. Earline Parmon, D-Forsyth</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 37 – Sen. Dan Clodfelter, D-Mecklenburg</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 38 – Joel Ford, D-Mecklenburg</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 40 – Sen. Malcolm Graham, D-Mecklenburg</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 46 – John McDevitt, D-Burke</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 49 – Sen. Martin Nesbitt, D-Buncombe</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 50 – Former Sen. John Snow, D-Cherokee</li>
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<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 2 –Rep. Winkie Wilkins, D-Person</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 5 – Rep. Annie Mobley, D-Hertford</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 7 – Rep. Angela Bryant, D-Nash</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 8 – Mark Bibbs, D-Wilson</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 9 – Rep. Marian McLawhorn, D-Pitt</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 11 – Duane Hall, D-Wake</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 18 – Rep. Susi Hamilton, D-New Hanover</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 19 – Emilie Swearingen, D-New Hanover</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 21 – Rep. Larry Bell, D-Sampson</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 23 – Rep. Joe Tolson, D-Edgecombe</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 24 – Rep. Jean Farmer-Butterfield, D-Wilson</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 27 – Rep. Michael Wray, D-Northampton</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 29 – Rep. Larry Hall, D-Durham</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 30 – Rep. Paul Luebke, D-Durham</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 31 – Rep. Henry M. Michaux, D-Durham</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 32 – Nathan Baskerville, D-Vance</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 33 – Rep. Rosa Gill, D-Wake</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 34 – Rep. Deborah Ross, D-Wake</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 35 – Lori Millberg, D-Wake</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 38 – Yvonne Lewis Holley, D-Wake</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 39 – Rep. Darren Jackson, D-Wake</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 40 – Watt Jones, D-Wake</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 41 – Jim Messina, D-Wake</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 42 – Rep. Marvin Lucas, D-Cumberland</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 44 – Rep. Rick Glazier, D-Cumberland</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 45 – Eddie Dees, D-Cumberland</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 49 – Keith Karlsson, D-Wake</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 50 – Valerie Foushee, D-Orange</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 51 – Bill Tatum, D-Lee</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 54 – Deb McManus, D-Chatham</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 56 – Rep. Verla Insko, D-Orange</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 57 – Rep. Pricey Harrison, D-Guilford</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 58 – Rep. Alma Adams, D-Guilford</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 63 – Patty Philipps, D-Alamance</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 65 – William Osborne, D-Rockingham</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 66 – Ken Goodman, D-Richmond</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 88 – Rep. Martha Alexander, D-Mecklenburg</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 92 – Robin Bradford, D-Mecklenburg</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 93 – Former Rep. Cullie Tarleton, D-Watauga</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 100 – Rep. Tricia Ann Cotham, D-Mecklenburg</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 101 – Rep. Beverly Earle, D-Mecklenburg</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 102 – Rep. Becky Carney, D-Mecklenburg</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 106 – Carla Cunningham, D-Mecklenburg</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 114 – Rep. Susan Fisher, D-Buncombe</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 115 – Susan Wilson, D-Buncombe</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 116 – Former Rep. Jane Whilden, D-Buncombe</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 117 – Rep. Chuck McGrady, R-Henderson</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 118 – Rep. Ray Rapp, D-Madison</li>
<li style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">District 119 – Former Senator Joe Sam Queen, D-Haywood</li>
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M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-55498359022002634542012-10-15T14:08:00.003-05:002012-10-15T14:08:53.598-05:00SAVE OUR SANDHILLS HOSTS FORUM ON MOORE COUNTY'S LAND USE PLAN<br /><br />Thursday, October 25, 2012. 7 PM<br />
Southern Pines Civic Club (corner of Ashe Street and Pennsylvania Avenue)<br />
“Revising the Moore County Land Use Plan – A Vision for Moore County’s Future.”<br />
Panelists Pat Corso and Marsh Smith on the question: “What do we want the county to look like in the next two or three decades?”<br />
<br />Pat Corso, a member of the Moore County Land Use Planning Committee, has had a great deal to do with visionary undertakings in the North Carolina area. In 1986, he was transferred to Pinehurst by Club Corp, the previous owner of Pinehurst Resort, and was named president and CEO of the resort in January, 1987, a position that he held for 17 years. During that time, Corso oversaw the restoration of the resort and its return to prominence as one of the three great golf resorts in the world, having helped recruit major championship golf events, including the 1999 US Open Championship. He also led Club Corp’s resort division which included the Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia. Since that time, Corso and his partners founded National Resort Management, managing resorts from Florida to New Hampshire; and he has served on the NC Travel and Tourism Board, the NC Economic Development Board, and the State Chamber Commerce Boards in both North Carolina and New Hampshire. Named one of the forty North Carolina Tourism Leaders of the Twentieth Century by Appalachian State University, he is currently Executive Director of Moore County Partners in Progress, a public/private partnership promoting economic development in Moore County as well as a franchisee/partner of Pinehurst Donuts, LLC owner of the local five county Dunkin Donuts franchise.<br /> <br />Attorney Marsh Smith, no stranger to championing the environmental aspects of the county’s future, has practiced law in the Sandhills for over 20 years. Volunteer attorney with the notable Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) in Chapel Hill, a partner at the Cunningham, Dedmond, Petersen, and Smith firm, he has his own law practice – the Law Office of Marsh Smith, PA – in Southern Pines since 2003. Known for creative thinking “outside the box,” Smith conceived the Safe Harbor Program that gives landowners greater flexibility under the Endangered Species Act. Now widely imitated throughout the nation, “Safe Harbor” encourages increases in endangered species habitat while protecting landowners from increased regulatory obligations resulting from such increases. He served on the Moore County Land Use Plan Steering Committee prior to the adoption of Moore County’s first countywide zoning ordinance. Smith designed land conservation transactions to allow lower income farm families to share in the tax benefits derived from conservation easements with conservation buyers who have higher ordinary income. He also represented landowners and an environmental group several years ago that forced NCDOT to drop transportation plans that would have bisected the Walthour-Moss Equestrian Conservation area.<br /> <br />Each panelist brings entirely different visionary ideas to this forum, making for what promises to be a lively discussion. The public is invited, questions are welcomed, refreshments will be served.M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-5322764702838926452012-09-21T05:14:00.001-05:002012-09-21T05:14:10.649-05:00Anti-Fracking events in NC<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="color: firebrick;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">FrackUpdate: September 19-20</span></strong></span></span><br />
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M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-7011788251003278362012-07-10T05:33:00.001-05:002012-07-10T05:33:17.682-05:00Commissioner Candidate Marcus Speaks July 26, 7 pmCOMMISSIONER CANDIDATE ELLEN MARCUS SAYS TO PLAN BEFORE WE PAVE<br /> <br />Ellen Marcus, <strong>running against current Commissioner Nick Picerno for the Moore County Board of Commissioners</strong>, is guest speaker at the July meeting of Save Our Sandhills, Southern Pines Civic Club, corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Ashe Street, <strong>July 26, 7:00 PM</strong>. Her talk: “Plan before You Pave.”<br /> <br />With attitudes toward the environment clearly dividing our country as a whole in today’s technological age, Save Our Sandhills believes that open communication is essential. We all depend on one world for our sustenance and welfare, and we should understand all points of view. With this in mind and the fact that no local governmental body has a greater power to determine the fate of our forests, our streams, and our wildlife than the Board of Commissioners, Save Our Sandhills invited Commissioner Picerno to address his environment views at April meeting, and has now invited candidate Ellen Marcus to express her views.<br /> <br />Ellen and husband Jeff live in the Pinedale Community with two young daughters. She grew up on a small farm in the <strong>longleaf pine forest</strong> of rural East Texas, where water conservation was a way of life. In numerous ways her youth in the Texas longleaf pine forest helped prepare her for issues in the North Carolina Sandhills. Ellen earned a degree in Anthropology with an emphasis in Archaeology from Stephen F. Austin State University, and met her husband in 1995 when both were members of Americorps in Big Bend National Park and were studying water quality, ecology and the history of the park’s water sources. She developed an appreciation for the history of North Carolina while working at the <strong>NC Museum of History</strong>. She has also worked as the site manager for the Malcolm Blue Farm; done freelance writing for the Pilot, The Fayetteville Observer, and NEXT Magazine; and taught children’s camps and culinary classes.<br /><br />Marcus will discuss her campaign platform from the standpoint of natural resource-related issues that include the county land use plan update, development ordinances, and the county water and sewer plan. Ellen believes that Moore County has reached an important crossroads in planning, needing to preserve what makes our area special by pausing to implement good land-use planning <strong>before sprawl, strip malls and leap frog developments pave our future.</strong> <br />Planning for conservation of our farmlands and forests, while accommodating appropriate levels of future growth, requires cohesive county policies. It starts with the land use plan which provides vision for the community. Zoning and unified development ordinances establish rules guiding any development. County commissioners are ultimately responsible for decisions, and Ellen would be a new commissioner providing a fresh outlook for Moore County.<br /> <br />Ellen has seen that the land use plan is effective <strong>ONLY IF</strong> county commissioners choose to implement it. She has seen the <strong>Pine Forest</strong> development's lesson in the importance in having zoning ordinances and other policies that back up the land use plan. If elected, she is passionate about striving for a balance of land use policies that support the vision of the land use plan – those that conserve our natural resources and protect our property rights, yet still accommodate appropriate growth.<br /> <br />The public is invited, questions are welcomed, refreshments will be served. See you there!M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-81804859545424959952012-07-04T10:50:00.001-05:002012-07-04T10:51:09.572-05:00NCLCV Rescinds Environment Award re Fracking Vote<div style="color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 12px;">
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Contact: Dan Crawford, Director of Governmental Relations, NC League of Conservation Voters, <a href="mailto:dan@nclcv.org" style="color: #669900; font-weight: bold;">dan@nclcv.org</a>, 919-839-0020 or (c)919-539-1422.</div>
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RALEIGH - The North Carolina League of Conservation Voters (NCLCV) announced today it is rescinding its "Rising Star" award given to Rep. Susi Hamilton on June 20th. <strong>The award was given to Hamilton for her pro-environmental record in her first term as a legislator at NCLCV's annual Green Tie Award dinner in Raleigh. Representative Hamilton voted to override Governor Beverly Perdue's courageous veto of SB 820, an ill-conceived, controversial bill which would allow fracking in North Carolina without insuring the proper safeguards to protect public health, drinking water, and property rights</strong>.</div>
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This is bold step that the organization is not taking lightly. "Politics is not a zero sum game and other awardees have made choices that we did not agree with. However, the circumstances, timing, and weight of this issue warrants a significant response," said Nina Szlosberg-Landis, president of NCLCV. "Our members put a lot of trust in this organization, and we do not take that trust lightly," she went on to say.</div>
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Board members, supporters, and past Green Tie award winners began contacting the organization early on Monday after learning Hamilton was brokering a deal with Republican leadership to <strong>"trade her vote" on the fracking override to secure an extension of tax incentives for the movie industry, buried in a technical corrections bill</strong>. The tax incentive Hamilton sought had been championed by New Hanover County Republican Lawmaker Danny McComas, and likely would have happened regardless of how Hamilton voted.</div>
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<strong>"Last night Captain America prevailed over clean drinking water and the property rights of North Carolinians," said Dan Crawford, director of governmental relations for NCLCV. "We found out that even this Green Tie Award winner "has her price." This was too big of a vote to sell out the environment on an issue that will change the landscape of our state for years to come," he concluded.</strong></div>
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NCLCV works to hold decision makers accountable for their actions through a legislative scorecard and political action. "Green Tie award ceremonies are nice, but we do the bulk of our work in electing pro-conservation minded candidates to the General Assembly. New Hanover County deserves someone that will better balance the environmental impacts of the decisions they make; we will work to ensure that in future elections," Crawford added.</div>
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"I am deeply saddened by Hamilton's decision. Particularly because we had such high hopes for her in the future," Szlosberg-Landis said. "Our job now is to look ahead. To continue to recruit, support, and elect lawmakers who respect our citizens' rights for a clean, healthy and prosperous North Carolina. Mark my words. We will do just that."</div>
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The organization will deliver a letter to Hamilton's office today, asking that she return the NCLCV Rising Star award plaque.</div>
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NC League of Conservation Voters is a statewide lobbying organization dedicated to protecting, preserving, and enhancing North Carolina's natural environment. <strong>NCLCV has been working to protect North Carolina's environment and our citizen's health for over 40 years, turning environmental values into North Carolina priorities.</strong> NCLCV's vision for the future of North Carolina is that all citizens and our elected decision-makers will better understand and appreciate North Carolina's unique natural environment, and the integral role it plays in North Carolina's economy and quality of life. nclcv.org </div>M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-58736715904006742802012-07-04T06:31:00.004-05:002012-07-04T06:31:53.403-05:00Wrong Economic Model for Planet<a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2012/6/25/david_suzuki_on_rio_20_green">http://www.democracynow.org/2012/6/25/david_suzuki_on_rio_20_green</a>M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-85820020572884016122012-07-04T06:28:00.003-05:002012-07-04T06:28:51.827-05:00Attacks on Public Sector, Science re Extreme Weather<a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2012/7/3/climate_disasters_toll_worsened_by_sustained">http://www.democracynow.org/2012/7/3/climate_disasters_toll_worsened_by_sustained</a>M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-80061427302478458342012-06-20T07:36:00.001-05:002012-06-20T07:36:06.042-05:00Free Lecture, Women's Attitudes, Civil War, June 24<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 683px;">
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The Moore County Historical Association invites you to a free lecture by Mary Wayne Watson on “Women’s Attitudes Toward Secession and the Civil War.” The lecture is Sunday, June 24 starting at 2 p.m. and is at the First Baptist Church of Southern Pines. Visitors should use the May Street Entrance.</div>
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We shouldn’t rush into legalizing this controversial practice when so many questions remain regarding its safety, its practicality, and the potential impacts to our communities. Of particular concern is the Republican plan to create a new state commission to oversee fracking which will itself be dominated by fracking industry representatives.<br />
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Tell Governor Perdue to stand up against the rush to frack in North Carolina by vetoing Senate Bill 820 today!M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-41585805982053718782012-06-12T12:31:00.002-05:002012-06-12T12:31:41.168-05:00Will Allen with Colbert Report, June 12<div align="center" class="ecxMsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<b>MILWAUKEE [June 11, 2012] –</b> <span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: red;">Will Allen, Farmer, Founder, and CEO of Growing Power and newly published author of “The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities” (Gotham Books) will make a guest appearance on the popular T.V. show, The Colbert Report. The show will air at 11:30 PM ET/10:30 PM CT, Tuesday, June 12, 2012 on Comedy Central.<span style="font-size: 18pt;"></span></span></strong></span></div>M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-12187192999082180452012-05-30T16:41:00.002-05:002012-05-30T16:42:23.897-05:00Our Coast, a NC travel guide with a conscience<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Century Gothic, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><u><b>Education & Resources:</b></u></i></span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Century Gothic, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><b> Travel With a Conscience</b></u></span></span></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">'Our Coast' should be of interest to everyone from college students out to discover the real coast away from the beach town bars, to the old conservation hands back for a visit to places they helped to save. Features range from night expeditions to hear red wolves howl in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, to marsh cruises on the White Oak River estuaries around Hammocks Beach State Park.</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">For more information and to get a copy of the free guide, go to <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?NCLeagueofConservati/29a3df6715/f3bc562378/3473fd7036/k=918af80a-bc10-4183-adf4-38e52cd06fef" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://www.nccoast.org/Article.aspx?k=918af80a-bc10-4183-adf4-38e52cd06fef</span></a> </span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></div>M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-65762143721532168772012-05-21T17:07:00.003-05:002012-05-21T17:09:48.153-05:00No-Frack Day, June 5, Join In!<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Save Our Sandhills</strong> President Joe McDonald spoke on fracking in a panel discussion taped on Monday, May 21 and which will air on local station WEEB 990 on Tuesday, May 22 at 10:05PM.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">June 5 is the important frack-free lobby day in Raleigh.</span></strong> Save Our Sandhills would like to send a strong contingent. Please let us know if you can go to Raleigh on that day. Call 235-3862 or 315-1233.</span></div>M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-66725708273319636962012-05-17T15:50:00.001-05:002012-05-17T15:50:39.429-05:00Resolution on Fracking in NC, spread the word<span style="font-size: 16pt;">R E S O L U T I O N</span><br />
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WHEREAS, hydraulic fracturing, known as “fracking”, is a
method of extracting natural gas from shale rock through the use of horizontal
drilling and the injection of a highly pressurized mixture of water, sand, and
chemicals to fracture the shale and release the gas; and</div>
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WHEREAS, data from Pennsylvania shows that between three and
five million gallons of water is required for each separate drilling effort,
which could pose a serious problem in Central North Carolina where extended
periods of drought have occurred in recent years and where water in some areas
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WHEREAS, data from Pennsylvania shows that each drilling pad
with its associated wastewater impoundment, buildings, and new roads consumes
between five and eight acres of land, usually carved out of forests or
farmland, and which if clustered together in large enough numbers can change a
bucolic rural landscape into an industrial site, which in the long term will negatively
affect income from tourism, farming, and other businesses, and which will
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WHEREAS, despite continual denials from the energy industry,
fracking has been shown to cause contamination of private wells, as was
evidenced by the settlement reached in Pennsylvania in 2010 between Cabot Oil
and Gas and 19 Dimock Township families whose wells became unusable due to
methane contamination after fracking was carried out in the area, and wherein
Cabot agreed to pay them $4.1 million in damages; and by the announcement by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2011 that compounds associated with
fracking chemicals were found in the groundwater beneath Pavillion, Wyoming;
and by numerous other examples of higher than normal levels of methane in
private wells that have occurred in areas where fracking was carried out; and</div>
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WHEREAS, catastrophic accidents can occur with fracking
operations, an example being the explosion of a fracking well in Pennsylvania
in 2010 which spewed thousands of gallons of toxic water and chemicals over
fields and into a tributary of the Susquehanna River, this being only one of
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WHEREAS, fracking operations have been shown to be the
source of air pollution, an example being the town of Dish, Texas where state
regulators found dangerous levels of cancer-causing benzene, which they
concluded had come from the 60 nearby fracking wells; and another being in
Wyoming where the ozone level in one area near fracking operations was found to
be higher than in Los Angeles; these findings being further supported by a
Cornell University study which found that over the lifetime of a fracking well,
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WHEREAS, there is currently no satisfactory way, in North
Carolina or elsewhere, of disposing of leftover wastewater from a fracking
operation, known as “flowback” or “produced” water, which will be present in
large amounts despite efforts to recycle it, this water being highly toxic,
including with radioactive materials, there being no wastewater treatment plant
in the United States which is equipped to properly purify it, and the practice
of injecting it into deep aquifers on the assumption that they will never be
used for drinking water being patently unsatisfactory, and the practice that
has taken many Pennsylvania landowners by surprise of leaving it in lined
basins near the well site to be covered over and seeded in grass being
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WHEREAS, in the Triassic Basin area in North Carolina the
possibility of groundwater contamination may be greater than in other states’
shale formations because the groundwater aquifers and the gas-producing shale
layers are much closer together than in other gas-producing states, and the
depth to which freshwater extends is generally unknown to state regulators,
plus the fact that in North Carolina and elsewhere the migration of chemicals
can never be predicted with certainty because, as geologists point out,
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WHEREAS, a majority of the modest number of new jobs that
might be created by fracking operations will go to workers brought in from out
of state, and many of the new jobs will in any case be of a temporary nature,
and any new benefits to the local economy could easily be wiped away in the
future after the fracking operations have terminated and property values are
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BE IT RESOLVED that Save Our Sandhills in an electronic polling of its voting
members in May, 2012 has concluded that the risks of hydraulic fracturing far
outweigh the potential benefits, that it should not be allowed in North
Carolina, and that the wisest course of action by the North Carolina General
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Sandhills at 910/315-1233 or 910/235-3862</div>M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-25542840342396052662012-05-10T10:57:00.003-05:002012-05-10T10:57:33.723-05:00Race Relations in Aberdeen<a href="http://www.pinestrawmag.com/news/2012/may/01/voices-among-stones/">http://www.pinestrawmag.com/news/2012/may/01/voices-among-stones/</a> Reading, Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, May 16, 6 p.m. See you there!M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-23684340729594432472012-05-02T11:03:00.001-05:002012-05-02T11:03:08.256-05:00Exemptions for Fracking?!<div>
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">State Senator Bob Rucho, Chairman of the legislature's Energy Policy Issues Committee (which includes Moore County's Senator Harris Blake), has issued a report which contains proposed legislation that would permit fracking in North Carolina. This draft legislation, known as the Clean Energy and Economic Security Act, would provide exemptions from state rules which currently prohibit fracking techniques and would make fracking possible in North Carolina after a two-year moratorium. The bill also contains language that would render invalid any local ordinances which would restrict oil and gas exploration and development.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Clean Water for North Carolina is urging citizens to oppose this bill as strongly and as quickly as possible. For more information, go to <a href="http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">www.ncga.state.nc.us/</span></a> and click on WHO REPRESENTS ME in the bar at the top of the page. (Contact Harris Blake at <a href="mailto:Harris.Blake@ncleg.net"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Harris.Blake@ncleg.net</span></a>. Contact Sen. Rucho at <a href="mailto:Bob.Rucho@ncleg.net"><span style="color: #0066cc;">Bob.Rucho@ncleg.net</span></a>. )</span></div>M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-64386935809338871252012-04-24T06:56:00.001-05:002012-04-24T06:56:55.799-05:00Picerno to Speak at SOS, Apr. 26<div align="center" class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">
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Moore County Commissioner Nick Picerno will be the guest speaker at the April meeting of Save Our Sandhills, with his topic being “Moore County Environmental Issues: Past, Present, and Future.” The meeting will be at the Southern Pines Civic Club, located at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Ashe Street, on April 26, 2012 at 7:00PM. </div>
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Environmental issues have been subject to discussion from as early as 1905 when President Theodore Roosevelt created numerous national parks, making the term “conservation” a part of our national ethos. In an increasingly urbanized society, where people are now more attuned to technological advances and devices than to the natural world, these discussions take on a new sense of importance. There are attitudes toward the environment that divide us, and these attitudes seem to have become even more polarized in recent years. Since we all live in one world, and we all depend on that world for our sustenance and welfare, Save Our Sandhills believes that the time has come for more open and honest communication and for a better mutual understanding of all points of view. At the local level, no governmental body has a greater power to determine the fate of our forests, our streams, and our wildlife than does the Board of Commissioners. For that reason, Commissioner Picerno’s remarks will be awaited with much interest.</div>
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Commissioner Picerno grew up in Moore County and received a BS Degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1978. He founded Southern Software Inc. in 1988, a company which builds and sells software to the municipal market. He was first elected to the Board of Commissioners in 2008, and was elected Chairman later in the same year. He was again elected Chairman in 2010. He also serves on the Department of Social Services Board, the Health Board, the Workforce Development Board, and the Emergency Services Advisory Board. </div>
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Among the topics Commissioner Picerno plans to cover will be the Pine Forest zoning process, the new Unified Development Ordinance, the county Transportation Plan, water options, and how fracking may affect us in the future. He will welcome questions on these and on other topics. The public is invited. Refreshments will be served.</div>M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-12897555843015222842012-04-18T08:08:00.000-05:002012-04-18T08:08:35.383-05:00Lobby for NC Environment, May 30<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The North Carolina General Assembly returns to Raleigh in May. Those of us who care about land and water conservation need to let our legislators know how important this issue is for North Carolina. <br />
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Please make plans to join us for Land for Tomorrow Lobby Day on <strong>Wednesday, May 30</strong> to help us tell our conservation story and ensure continued support for the state’s four conservation trust funds. <br />
</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">You know firsthand the difference that land and water conservation has made in your community and across the state. Your legislators need to hear from you so they can understand how important this issue is for their constituents.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Visit </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.landfortomorrow.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">landfortomorrow.org</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> for more details and to register for Lobby Day. </span></span><br />
<div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">See you in Raleigh on May 30<sup>th</sup>! </span></span></div>M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-47291752053064881792012-04-13T20:01:00.000-05:002012-04-13T20:01:19.921-05:00Compost Awareness, May 5, Carthage<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-Regular;">Saturday, May 5</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-Regular;">, 9:30 AM<o:p></o:p></span></strong><br />
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<strong> <span style="color: black; font-family: "MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-Regular;">Compost Educational Lectures, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-Regular;"><span style="font-size: small;">Program and Compost Related Exhibits<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif"; font-size: 13pt; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-Regular; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">4-site garden tour to follow</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-Regular;">: <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-Regular;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-Regular; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">No cost to attend - see you there! </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-Regular; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">For Information call </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "MyriadPro-Semibold","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: MyriadPro-Semibold; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">947-3188</span></b></div>M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-72241902234749385242012-04-05T07:12:00.000-05:002012-04-05T07:12:56.059-05:00Strawberries 2 weeks early, Get YoursLocal strawberries are here! The crop is easily two weeks early this year, and looks like it will peak by April 20. <br />
In addition to strawberries, look for local asparagus, greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers, and green onions. Strawberries and asparagus can also be found at Natures Own in Aberdeen.<br />
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Local Farms selling strawberries:<br />
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Carter Farms - Billy Carter, 673 Eagle Springs Road, Eagle Springs, NC <br />
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Highlander Farms - John, Vickie, and Sam Blue, NC Highway 22, 1.0 mile south of NC 15/501, Carthage - 947-5831 vblue@broadlink.biz <br />
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Lewis Ring, 937Airport Road, Lakeview (Whispering Pines) - 949-2657 chickberryfarm@centurylink.net 1 mi. East of Moore County Airport <br />
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CV Pilson Strawberries and Flowers<br />
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Cliff and Chester Pilson<br />
108 CVP Lane, (Vass area - take Cypress Church Road, 5.7 miles from SR 690 in downtown Vass)<br />
910-245-4285 (farm) 910-783-4462 (cell)<br />
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Pressley Farms<br />
Richard Pressley<br />
995 Union Ch. Rd. Cameron, NC<br />
910-947-1154 (stand) 910-947-2735 (home)<br />
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Karefree Farms<br />
4680 HWY 15-501 South, Carthage, NC 28327<br />
910-690-6722<br />
<a href="http://www.karefreeproduce.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://www.karefreeproduce.com/</span></a><br />
<a href="http://karefreefarms.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://karefreefarms.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
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Triple L Farms<br />
Jim & Joe Lambeth<br />
2205 Derby Rd. Ellerbe, NC 28338<br />
or Corner of Highway 5 & Ampersand Drive, Aberdeen, NC 28315<br />
<a href="http://www.derbystand.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://www.derbystand.com/</span></a><br />
910-417-0438M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-44141074406733770602012-03-31T03:17:00.000-06:002012-03-31T03:17:16.909-06:00Crazy SituationA GAP-certified Richmond County farm cannot get carrots into a local school, 1/4 mile away, a school where the obesity rate is 42%. Contact NC Dept. of Education, Richmond Co. school board or NC Ag. Extention if you can think of a solution.M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-35571631465717315122012-03-31T03:07:00.000-06:002012-03-31T03:07:08.485-06:00Last Chance to Speak, Fracking in NC<div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: mediumblue;"><span style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><em><strong><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Last Chance to Speak Out on Possible Fracking in NC!</span></strong></em></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><br />
<span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif;"><strong>Public Hearing on Draft Shale Gas Report</strong><br />
6:30-8:30 PM, Monday</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">, April 2<br />
The Barn at Fearrington Village<br />
100 Village Way, Pittsboro. (<a href="http://cwfnc.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=97adb760aa5114f25fbb07c68&id=587ed1df48&e=5cdff9aadf" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">map/directions</a>)</span></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif;"><strong>arrive by 5:15PM to sign up to speak</strong></span><br />
</div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Chatham County will host the last final hearing on DENR's draft shale gas study report next Monday. This meeting will cover a summary of the draft report and DENR will be present to accept comments. For possible talking points click <a href="http://cwfnc.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=97adb760aa5114f25fbb07c68&id=0ba167587f&e=5cdff9aadf" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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The deadline to submit written comments has been extended to April 2. Send your comments via email to <a href="mailto:shale_gas_comments@ncdenr.gov" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;">shale_gas_comments@ncdenr.gov</a> or mail to NCDENR, attn: Trina Ozer, 1601 MSC, Raleigh 27699</span></span><br />
</div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><em><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><strong>House Republicans Slowing the Rush to Frack? Only ‘til early 2014…</strong></span></span></em></span></div><div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><br />
On Wednesday, Representatives Gillespie and Stone held a press conference to outline a proposal that would continue some studies on regulatory needs for fracking and require legislative proposals by March of 2014. While this is a big improvement over the aggressive bill we expect from Senator Rucho and Rep. Mike Hager, it would still call for regulations even before the EPA study on water impacts is final (late 2014) or national regulations are considered. Stay tuned for further detailed review by grassroots groups of the Gillespie/Stone proposal and opportunities to advocate for improvements!<br />
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Here’s the News and Observer’s coverage of the press conference: <a href="http://cwfnc.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=97adb760aa5114f25fbb07c68&id=8da5ffc84d&e=5cdff9aadf" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/03/29/1966174/delay-fracking-2-gop-lawmakers.html</a></span></span></div>M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-54629279419044583682012-03-29T02:10:00.000-06:002012-03-29T02:10:53.778-06:00Fracking in NC? Update<span style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The DENR shale gas hearing in Chapel Hill had a large, feisty and well-informed turnout last night! Thank you for your presence, comments and solidarity against 'fracking' in North Carolina, which regional legislators got loud and clear. DENR acknowledges plenty of unknowns in the study and we'll have more to point out in written comments, <u>due April 2</u>. Many speakers pointed out that we haven’t seen evidence from any state that fracking can be done safely. Thanks to public pressure, a third and final hearing will take place in Chatham County next week! </span></span><br />
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<em><strong><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: black;">EVENTS:</span></span></span></strong></em> <br />
<div style="color: #505050; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><strong>March 30</strong>, <strong>7-9:30 PM. Black Mountain,</strong> Fracking in NC? (<a href="http://cwfnc.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=97adb760aa5114f25fbb07c68&id=ec7df69674&e=5cdff9aadf" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">details</a>). </span></span></span></span><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: "lucida sans unicode", "lucida grande", sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>April 2, 6:30-8:30 PM. Pittsboro </strong>(<a href="http://cwfnc.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=97adb760aa5114f25fbb07c68&id=2531fc1cc5&e=5cdff9aadf" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">map/directions</a>), Shale gas study hearing (<a href="http://cwfnc.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=97adb760aa5114f25fbb07c68&id=87e8b14536&e=5cdff9aadf" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">details</a>) </span></span><span style="font-family: lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">and <strong>DEADLINE FOR WRITTEN COMMENTS</strong><span style="color: black;">! Email to </span><a href="mailto:shale_gas_comments@ncdenr.gov" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: black;">shale_gas_comments@ncdenr.gov</span></a><span style="color: black;"> or mail to NCDENR, Attn: Trina Ozer, PO Box 1601, Raleigh, NC 27699</span></span> </li>
</ul></div>M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32301469.post-30166171584551185952012-03-26T18:42:00.000-06:002012-03-26T18:42:58.786-06:00Second Public Comment Session on Fracking, Mar. 27<div>DENR is holding its second public comment session on its hydraulic fracturing report <b>tomorrow, March 27th, at 6:30pm at East Chapel Hill High School</b>. More information about these meetings can be found on DENR's website here: <a href="http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/guest/public-input" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/guest/public-input</span></a></div><div><span style="color: #0066cc;"></span> </div><div>RAFI encourages the public to provide DENR with comments on hydraulic fracturing and consumer protection at the upcoming public meetings. Although the Attorney General's office has not made the consumer protection section of the report available at this time, it is important that landowners tell DENR and the Attorney General's office of the importance of maintaining landowner property rights and supporting strong landowner protections. Anyone interested in landowner protections and hydraulic fracturing can contact RAFI-USA for further information.</div>M D Suttonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12098090469436629582noreply@blogger.com0