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NORTH BRUNSWICK MAGAZINE

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MUSHROOMS ARE HAVING THEIR MOMENT

The mushroom cultivators at The Lite Work Farm grow and sell a variety of gourmet and medicinal mushrooms at their home-based urban farm in Leland.

By Christine R. Gonzalez Emerging from a dark time in his life, then the existential COVID crisis, Cory Burdick found his purpose in cultivating gourmet and medicinal mushrooms.

“I’ve always wanted to grow things, and the mushrooms kind of found me,” he says.

MORE THAN A TRAIL

The North Carolina Gullah Geechee Greenway/Blueway Heritage Trail is being created to preserve, protect and celebrate vital African-American history in Brunswick County.

By Emory Rakestraw Along the coast of Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina, the nationally recognized Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor pays tribute to the Gullah Geechee people and their culture. As descendants of Africans who were isolated and enslaved on the rice, indigo and cotton plantations of the lower Atlantic coast, the Gullah Geechee are known for their distinctive language, music, arts and crafts.

FITNESS, FELLOWSHIP AND FAITH

Part of a national network inspiring male community leadership, F3BruCo men’s workout groups build outer and inner strength.

By Kathy Blake It’s 5 am at the Southport waterfront, an hour before sunrise. The gray stillness is broken only by water lapping a rocky shore and the flapping wings of early gulls.

APPLES TO THE RESCUE

Who needs pumpkin spice when you have the flavor of fall apples?

By Sandi Grigg Apple season is here, and I plan on taking full advantage of this quintessential fall flavor.

I stumbled upon this recipe after about three days of cooking up all things apple, and it was time for a drink. My spouse and I wanted to use some of my apple concoctions, so we mixed some of the apple butter with bourbon and a bit of orange bitters and topped it off with ginger beer.