SASZ Stitches

SASZ Stitches

SASZ Stitches came about roughly 30 years ago selling hand painted T-Shirt Dresses and hand knit items.  It soon evolved into quilting, teaching quilting and knitting. A friend introduced me to Microwave Bowl Koozies and business took off. Shortly after that, I...
Eating Locally

Eating Locally

Buying and eating products that are locally grown can oftentimes feel like much harder work than simply going to the grocery store and quickly picking out whatever it is we need from the plethora of options lining the shelves. The introduction of new agricultural...
H.E.A.L. Healthy Eating & Active Living

H.E.A.L. Healthy Eating & Active Living

Active Living: Definition & Benefits With a world that is increasingly reliant on technology, we have become more and more entertained with a sedentary lifestyle. From sitting at a computer all day at work, to watching television on our days off, to being able to...
Farmers Markets: Filling the Gap

Farmers Markets: Filling the Gap

Food Insecurity In a country as wealthy as the United States, it is easy to overlook the problem of food insecurity here. However, to do so would be doing a large population of our country a disservice. The US Department of Agriculture reports that 1 in 6 Americans...
The Market welcomes Alex Neal

The Market welcomes Alex Neal

Alex will be starting her senior year at UNC Chapel Hill in the fall, majoring in Biology and Sociology and minoring in Chemistry. She is from Forest City, North Carolina and has enjoyed learning more about a new rural community this summer – Washington! She will be...
Cookbook

Cookbook

One staple of many country kitchens, both traditional and contemporary, are cookbooks. Tattered and dusty with flour, new and shiny with promise, passed along or thrifted, the cookbooks in our kitchens reflect our histories and predict our futures in cooking. In 1796,...