The General Store Blog
Earth Day 2020: The Earth Day Like No Other Before It
Today is Earth Day. April 22nd. A holiday that mostly seems to go unnoticed most years, save for well-meaning environmentalists and large..
Saxapahaw General Store Recipes: TerraStay Swiss chard onion cream sauce
What you’ll need:
One bundle of locally grown Swiss chard
Onions
Mushrooms (any kind of sauteéing mushrooms such as white button..
What are All These Mushrooms? A Guide to Your New Saxapahaw Farm Fresh Box
Many of you who ordered the Saxapahaw Farm Fresh Boxes this week might be picking them up today or this weekend, digging through your bag..
Keeping Saxapahaw Alive, Coming Together at a Distance
Believe it or not, it’s only been about 10 days that the United States started really taking the Covid-19 pandemic seriously, drastically..
Resiliency of Community in Times of Uncertainty
Remember how at the end of 2019, we were all saying “2020, that’s gonna be the year, that’s gonna be the year for me.” So far, we’re only..
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..