Episode One: Meadow Lane Farm
With a passion for local food and a vision for future farming generations, Martha Mobley, owner and operator of Meadow Lane Farm, serves as a pillar of North Carolina’s agriculture community. Click here to learn more.
Episode Two: Feast Down East
Based in Wilmington, North Carolina, Feast Down East is a nonprofit that ensures the livelihoods of small-scale farmers through community outreach. Click here to learn more.
Episode Three: Fullsteam Brewery
Fullsteam Brewery emphasizes local ingredients in its beer. Learn about what’s on tap with our guide and in our video, which highlights the making of the sweet potato Carver. Click here to learn more.
Episode Four: Moravian Baking Traditions at Winkler Bakery
Moravians first settled in North Carolina in the 18th century, and today their distinctive baking tradition is preserved through the making of a simple sugar cake. Click here to learn more.
Episode Five: Kinship Takes Root at Lee’s Trees Choose-and-Cut Farm
Lee and Mannon Eldreth of Lee’s Trees in West Jefferson know how to trim a Fraser fir, but what they cherish most are the connections made during Christmas. Click here to learn more.
Episode Six: Poinsettias Get Their Due in NC State Program
Poinsettias hold a fleeting place in our hearts and on our mantles at Christmastime, but there’s so much more to the plant than what meets the eye. Horticulture researchers at North Carolina State University explore their botanical charms and quirks as part of a North American trial. Click here to learn more.
To commemorate our 90th anniversary, we’ve compiled a time line that highlights the stories, contributors, and themes that have shaped this magazine — and your view of the Old North State — using nine decades of our own words.
From its northernmost point in Corolla to its southern terminus on Cedar Island, this scenic byway — bound between sound and sea — links the islands and communities of the Outer Banks.
Us? An icon? Well, after 90 years and more than 2,000 issues celebrating North Carolina from mountains to coast, we hope you’ll agree that we’ve earned the title.
After nearly a century — or just a couple of years — these seafood restaurants have become coastal icons, the places we know, love, and return to again and again.
