collard greens

Tackling the collards tradition, just in time for New Year’s Day

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If you don’t cook greens – such as collards, cabbage or mustard greens – any other time of year, then New Year’s Day is THE DAY to give it a try. It’s a tradition to have greens on the first day of the new year in hopes that the green on your plate brings green … Read more

Scotland County farm still delivers a go-to collard variety developed in N.C.

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Most southerners with any trace of agricultural roots are familiar with the New Year’s Day tradition of cooking and eating collard greens and black-eyed peas. An article in the January 2013 edition of “Our State” magazine explained “some say the financial good fortune comes because peas look like coins and collards resemble folding money. Others … Read more