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This unusual sweet potato turned enough heads at the 2022 N.C. Mountain State Fair in Fletcher for Double 00 Farm to receive a pair of 1st-place ribbons for the vegetable.

Graham County wins big at fair

Kevin Hensley

Thursday, October 27, 2022

Fletcher – The 2022 installment of the N.C. Mountain State Fair was kind to both individuals and organizations from Graham County. The annual showcase was held at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center in Fletcher (an Asheville suburb) from Sept. 9-18.

Lilly (left) and Abbie Lancaster work with the N.C. State Extension Office’s Dairy Market Steer Program to care for calves at Double 00 Farms in Tuskegee. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

An udder necessity

Matthew Miller

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Tuskegee – Taking care of any animal can be a huge responsibility, and is not for everyone. For two Tuskegee girls, however, the challenge is welcomed. Lilly and Abby Lancaster – both 15 years old – work at Double 00 Farms, taking care of the many animals who call the farm home. Through the N.C.

Pictured is one of the 10 piglets born to Large Black pig, Piper, at Double 00 Farm in Tuskegee. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Local pigs help preserve rare breed

Robbi Pounds

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Tuskegee – What do the Large Black pig, the Leghorn Chicken and the Cleveland Bay horse have in common? All three are examples of heritage breeds, animals that thrived on small farms until industrialized agriculture pushed them to near-extinction.