I’ve enjoyed cooking since I was about 17 years old—basically from when my mother accused me of not knowing the first thing about cooking.
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Not a cloud in the sky, a freshly painted mural adorning our water cistern, the smell of delicious fried egg tacos, mimosas being poured, our amazing vendors and event partners doing what they do best…
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Spring is here and there is a multitude of things to do sprouting up here, there and everywhere in Raleigh. It’s this time of year when the whole city seems to wake up out of a winter spent hibernating…
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On a cold, bright morning in early January, I sat across from Elvin Birth in the library of the Murphey School Apartments, where he lives.
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Change is in the air. Can you feel it? It’s like a cool breeze blowing through, rippling leaves, as if something invisible were on the move and had gently jostled the world around it. We crave stillness sometimes, but movement is good, too, and healthy. Where there’s growth, there’s movement.
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, what’s a video worth? At Raleigh City Farm, so much of our mission and our message have to do with a physical place—a place where food is grown, where people can meet their local farmer, where encounters with agriculture happen easily…
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Was it all a dream? The sun was sinking low in the fall sky, there was very, very good wine flowing, and there was a pro culinary team cooking giant Tomahawk ribeyes just for us over an open flame…
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Happy fall, friends! Yep, we said it and that makes it official. Fall is here and while it might still feel like a sauna out there, that crisp air is waiting in the wings. Or, we hope it is. It must be, right? Anyyyyy day now…
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That’s a wrap! Our 6th Bearthday has come and gone but the memories of a good time linger. The presence of 300!of you at our morning bazaar and evening concert was the greatest present, and the $9k we raised to support our mission was the icing on our Bearthday cupcakes.
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Every nonprofit goes through transitions. It comes with the territory. Some days, months and years you plug along - others bring about changes that stretch your mission, vision and values into the unknown.
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They say it's the most wonderful time of the year and for good reason. The twinkle lights; the smell of a cozy winter fire; time well spent with friends and family over a delicious home-cooked meal.
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If you’ve strolled by the Farm recently, you may have noticed some new raised garden beds lining the path that runs along the east side of the property.
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Raleigh City Farm is bustling with life—the green kind—all the time and in every season. But it’s at an event like the Annual Harvest Dinner that it truly comes alive.
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Now that fall is officially here, we’re counting down the days to our Fifth Annual Harvest Dinner on Sunday, October 15th.
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It’s the peak of growing season at Raleigh City Farm. We are consistently amazed at how much our farm partners are able to produce off of our 1-acre site!
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At our 5th Bearthday Celebration this year, we were delighted to unveil our newly revised mission, vision, values and goals and also reveal our future expansion plans for the farm: a new Community Pavilion designed by LS3P.
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Sweet potato tostones, citrus soy salmon, a brown derby cocktail, and green tea creme brulee for dessert. Hopefully, these delicious-sounding offerings captured your attention.
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Summer is full of quintessential traditions: pool parties, cookouts, farmers' markets, and countless more. This year, we’re adding another must-do to your list: Outdoor Movies on the Farm.
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If we had to sum up 2016 in one word, it would definitely be growth. And, before we say sayonara to this past year and hello to 2017, we thought it would be wise to document for you, our biggest fans and supporters, that which we are most proud of...a humble brag if you will.
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If you know James Edwards, you know that he is, by definition, a renaissance man. A classically trained singer and musician; a chef who has designed, built, owned, and operated his own restaurant; a carpenter extraordinaire; and most recently, Principal Farmer at Raleigh City Farm.
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