Summertime in North Carolina means a bounty of berries are available across the state. Weekends and summer evenings offer the perfect time to find a local blueberry farm and pick you own delicious berries. Fresh berries are also available at farmers markets and grocery stores across the state. Once you get your berries home check … Read more
In celebration of National Farmers Market Week we’ve worked with NCDA&CS Marketing Division’s dietician, Freda Butner, to bring you healthy and delicious seasonal recipes that use plenty of ingredients bountiful at farmers markets across the state. Check out her blog below for a a delicious way to make a meal out of spaghetti squash. Spaghetti … Read more
It’s a great time of year if you are a fan of peach ice cream, peach cobbler and all other things peachy. Growers are reporting a good crop of late-variety freestone peaches. Freestones are a popular variety that many consumers enjoy for the ease in which the flesh of the peach separates from the seed, … Read more
