The General Store Blog
Know Your Local Farmer: Tiffanie Jackson of Machaven Farm
Just down the road from Saxapahaw, in Snow Camp, lies Machaven Farm, owned and operated by Tiffanie and Stephen Jackson. At 38 acres,..
Common Threads in a World of Stuff in a New Decade
“If you take your eyes off this page and look down, you will see that your body is encased in cloth. (I am assuming, dear Reader, that..
A Look Back at 2019, A Most Extraordinary Year at the Saxapahaw General Store
Hello dear readers from the second decade of the..
Shopping Local This Holiday Season at the Saxapahaw General Store
It’s already mid-December, and Christmas and..
When Communities Work Together: Donating to SAFE Food Ministry for the Holidays and the New Year
As we gather around our family or community tables this Thanksgiving and Christmas, many of us will feel the blessings of having enough..
Choosing Local for Thanksgiving and Thanking Our Local Farmers
Even if the story of Thanksgiving may have been distorted over the years, harvest festivals are as old as humanity itself, and in the..
Know Your Local Farmer: Alex Long of Topia Hemp Farm
The hemp and CBD industry in North Carolina and across the country has exploded in size over the last few years, allowing people the..
The Meat We Eat and the Environmental Effects of Meat Production
“I aimed at the public’s heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.” Upton Sinclair
Meat is considered one of the prime factors..
Remembering the Saxapahaw people of Alamance County
Pictured above: A c. 1724 English copy of a deerskin Catawba map of the tribes between Charleston (left) and Virginia (right) following..
The Harnessing of Fire, Cooking, and How It Made Us Human
As temperatures finally start to slope downwards, as it finally starts feeling like autumn, as sweaters and sweatshirts begin layering..