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How does your garden grow?
by Rhonda Michael A spring walk with my husband to visit the Indian Trading Path turned into the discovery of an intimate, community garden positioned...
Read MoreUCAN Spotlight | Volunteering is Cool
Dave Milkereit A volunteer is a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task. Volunteering is important as it...
Read MoreUCAN Spotlight – Ms. Amatullah Abdul-Karim
The Oldest Plot Owner Gardening is a way to engage people of all age groups. Out at the Catawba Trail Farm, we come together not...
Read MoreThe Next Generation – part two
UCAN Spotlight – Quan Pettiford Catawba Trail Farm was established to improve the health and wellness of our community. Urban Community AgriNomics (UCAN) provides education...
Read MoreThe Next Generation – part one
UCAN Spotlight – Quinton M. Pettiford With the increasing interest in science and nutrition education, many schools and youth organizations in the United States are...
Read MoreUCAN Spotlight – The Power of Gardening
One of the things about a community garden is the fact that there are as many growing methods and gardening styles as there are gardeners...
Read MoreRecipes for Foodshare
As UCAN continues to partner with Farmers Foodshare with providing fresh locally grown produce to the community we thought it would be beneficial to provide...
Read MoreUCAN Vegetable Spotlight | Okra
Presenting: Fried Okra & Preserved Pickled Okra Okra is an essential vegetable in every Southern kitchen. Okra can grow up to five feet tall with...
Read MoreUCAN Vegetable Spotlight | Presenting: Eggplants
The Catawba Trail Farm has the best plot owners in Durham hands down. They all have a strong desire to learn all about growing things...
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