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Handling hunger in Chapel Hill-Carrboro: 'PORCH filled the gap for us so well'

By Erik Beene | March 9

Mai Mai was two months pregnant when she fled a military regime in Burma in 2008. writer's notes

Winner, winner, chicken… festival?

By Rebecca Ayers | February 22

A bill proposed Feb. 14 would make Fayetteville the host of North Carolina's official fried chicken festival — though the city has yet to hold a fried ...

Vimala's hosts community lunch for refugees and residents

By Hannah Wall | February 12

The Refugee Community Partnership co-hosted a community lunch on Sunday to welcome refugees with Love Chapel Hill church at Vimala's Curryblossom Cafe ...

Construction of Carolina Square, a mix of apartment buildings and retail and office spaces, should be completed before the start of fall semester.

New Target could change Chapel Hill's food desert classification

By Lidia Davis | February 6

It only takes a quick stroll to Franklin Street for Chapel Hill residents and University students to find snacks at CVS or Walgreens to stock up on for ...

Sophomore Erin Hoover (left), Senior Emily Milkes (center) and Senior Keagan Trahan work in the Carolina Cupboard in the basement of Avery Residence Hall.

Food insecurity challenges undergraduates at UNC, nationwide

By Bailey Aldridge | February 1

A 2016 survey by the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness reports that 22 percent of around 3,800 undergraduate respondents experienced ...

Jasmin Mediterranean, The Bookshop, and Sweet Frog on Franklin St. are closing. Benny Cappella's and Linda's are killing it.

Lotsa Stone Fired Pizza will fill Jasmin's old spot on Franklin Street

By Kiana Cole | January 26

Franklin Street’s 10th pizza shop — Lotsa Stone Fired Pizza — will likely open this spring, replacing the Jasmin Mediterranean Bistro that closed ...

Edible Campus, with one site in front of Davis Library, works to help students know where their food is coming from.

Edible Campus initiative plans for more growth in spring

By Eva Ellenburg | January 18

A demonstration garden, student internships and academic course collaborations are just a few of the Edible Campus plans for this spring semester.

New UNC club starts conversations with bacon

By Allie Mobley | January 17

Junior Jack Joyce founded Bacon of the Month Club at UNC in the fall of 2016 in hopes of providing a space for other students passionate about bacon.

UNC MBA recipient's food app billed as positive alternative to Yelp

By Ari Sen | January 17

A passion for food and technology brought around 70 people together Friday to launch a new restaurant recommendation app, CurEat.

Mediterranean Deli owner Jamil Kadoura laughs with a guest at the dinner and silent auction event in support of Syrian refugees.

Med Deli, Vimala's help community come together for Syrian refugees this holiday season

By Savannah Britt | December 1

The Chapel Hill community and Syrian refugees are coming together through fundraising events put on by local restaurants this holiday season.

Chapel Hill Farmer's Market hosts a pie competition.

Farmers' market celebrates Thanksgiving with tasty pie competition

By JP Gemborys | November 20

On a crisp November morning, a procession of voters lined up to cast their ballot for the candidate they thought was best, only this was a short line ...

Carolina Food Summit opens conversation on hunger, other issues

By Julia Faulkner | September 26

Calling all foodies — the first annual Carolina Food Summit begins on Wednesday.

Another season for Edible Campus means more food behind Davis Library

By Leah Moore | August 24

UNC’s Edible Campus initiative already has nine gardens scattered across campus and is planning on adding more this upcoming year.

Some NC families struggle to fill the table, food insecurity persists

By Corey Risinger | April 26

For the first time since it opened its doors in 2008, TABLE is out of room for some local children seeking food aid.

25,000: When craft brewery growth is punished by legislature

By Paige Ladisic | April 21

When Steel String Brewery opened in Carrboro in 2013, it was the 85th brewery in North Carolina. Now, three years later, the list has almost doubled.

IFC's FoodFirst looks to the future

By John Foulkes | April 21

The Inter-Faith Council for Social Service began a conversation 13 years ago that later became FoodFirst, a combination of the IFC’s community kitchen ...

Business owner proposes to end hunger in half of a decade

By Burhan Kadibhai | March 31

Ruffin Slater, general manager of Hillsborough's Weaver Street Market, has challenged local government and businesses to eliminate world hunger in ...

FoodFirst draws mixed reactions from Carrboro community

By Zac Lowell | March 30

On March 23, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen unanimously approved a text amendment to the land use ordinance that would allow social organizations to provide ...

On March.22, 2016 Carrboro Board of Aldermen Public Hearing of the IFC's FoodFirst Meeting is held at the Carrboro Elementary School Auditorium.

Carrboro Aldermen unanimously approve amendment for IFC's FoodFirst kitchen

By Megan Royer | March 23

In order to allow the Inter-Faith Council to build a community kitchen for their FoodFirst initiative, the Carrboro Board of Aldermen voted to allow organizations ...

Members of UNC Real Food Challenge talked to students about what Real Food is and the group's goals for the semester in Davis Courtyard on Wednesday.

Students want real food to be real issue

By Natalie Conti | February 24

Only in recent years has the university known where the food they are serving comes from.