Cooking with Fire
This year, Foxfire launched it’s first series of classes on how to cook with a wood-fired stove. These workshops are held in the Phillips Cabin, a log structure originally built around 1860...
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A Look Back at 2021
What a whirlwind 2021 has been! Foxfire had a record year for attendance and engagement and we are looking forward to bringing you more great programming and content in 2022. Here are some...
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Twenty Years Later: The Story of a Veteran
As we mark twenty years since the attacks on September 11, we look back at the conflicts that followed this tragic event in American history. In 2014, Foxfire student Thomas Fountain interviewed...
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Cooking Appa-Latin: A Culinary Crossover
Last week the Foxfire Museum hosted Appa-Latin, which was an exploration of Latin American and Appalachian foodways. We made recipes which were a fusion of the two regions and spanned many different...
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It Still Lives: Season 3, Episode 7: Meet the Morgans
Back in March, we received an email from poet Louise Morgan Runyon that sent us down a rabbit hole of Western North Carolina history. Listen as we explore the founding of Macon County and listen to...
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It Still Lives: Season 3, Episode 6: An Interview with Appalachian Poet Rose McLarney
In preparation for our Native Plant Week this summer, we sit down (virtually) with Appalachian poet and Western North Carolina native Rose McLarney. Rose shares her journey to becoming a poet and...
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Spring on the Mountain: A Blooming of Biodiversity
May is perhaps the most beautiful time in North Georgia, rivaled only by the luminous colors of fall. The mountains are exploding with every shade of green and the bright blooms of wildflowers. At...
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It Still Lives: Season 3, Episode 5: Conserving Land and Culture in Southern Appalachia
We’re taking a break from the archives this month to sit down with our friend Rachel Newcomb over at the Mainspring Conservation Trust, a nonprofit based in Western North Carolina that works...
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