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Director of Urban Agriculture, Mariah Henry, was featured in Martha Stewart as an expert source on how to plant sweet potatoes. She says:

“Sweet potatoes grow best when they are spaced 12 to 18 inches apart. Mariah Henry, director of urban agriculture at Carolina Farm Trust, suggests the following steps for planting:

1. Dig a hole 4 to 6 inches deep.
2. Place one slip in the hole with the leaves above ground.
3. Fill in the hole with soil, making sure all the roots are fully covered.
4. Continue with all remaining slips.
5. Give each plant a healthy drink of water after transplanting.

When your plant reaches about 6 inches tall, Henry recommends “hilling” the potatoes. “Soil is gathered and piled on top of the base of the sweet potato plant,” she says. “This process encourages tuber growth, which produces potatoes.”

Homes & Gardens featured our Urban Director of Agriculture, Mariah Henry, as an expert source on watering a vegetable garden.

“Mariah Henry, director of Urban Agriculture at Carolina Farm Trust, claims ‘5am-7am is best’ and recommends avoiding the afternoon during the hotter months ‘to increase water retention’.

She says: ‘When it’s warmer outside the water can evaporate and reduce the plants’ ability to absorb water.’ It would be a garden watering mistake to head out with the hose or switch the sprinklers on in the middle of the day as plants won’t gain as much at the hottest times.

‘If you miss a morning watering, don’t fret. Pick back up in the early evening,’ says Mariah Henry. However, one added risk of watering later in the

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At Aldersgate Senior Living Community, the residents aren’t just growing older. They’re growing food – for their surrounding community. On a seven acre patch of land in East Charlotte, the retirees from Aldersgate are working the soil, along with volunteers from Carolina Farm Trust and neighbors in Windsor Park, to provide fresh-from-the-farm produce to local families.

In This Garden Chat:

We chat with Zack Wyatt of the Carolina Farm Trust is focused on revolutionizing the food systems in the Carolinas through regenerative farming practices and sustainable approaches. The Carolina Farm Trust has four pillars—Farm Apprenticeship Program, Food is Health Program, Urban Farm Network, and CFT Market & Distribution Center that are integral to their mission of fostering a healthier, more sustainable food system from farm to table.

Our Special Guest:

Zack Wyatt grew up in Northern Virginia. His family were caretakers of a 300 acre old dairy farm where they had a large garden, pigs, horses, chickens, and when he was young, he worked on neighboring farms. After graduating from Coastal Carolina University in 2003 with a degree in

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Carolina Farm Trust CEO Zack Wyatt discusses his team working to revitalize a prominent Black community in Charlotte.

https://www.qcnews.com/queen-city-news-now/urban-farm-group-focused-on-west-charlotte-revitalization/

Tener la oportunidad de obtener productos frescos, saludables y a buen precio! Este es solo uno de los objetivos de un proyecto que está llevando a cabo Carolina Farm Trust al oeste de Charlotte. La primera fase del proyecto estará listo en mayo 2023, según nos dijeron.