Juneberry Ridge: A socially distant safe haven in Stanly County
February 25, 2021
We found natural focus amid unusual times
July 30, 2021Nourishing Nature by South Park Magazine
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At Juneberry Ridge, seeds for a bright and beautiful future have been sown.
My destination is a 600-acre retreat in the foothills of the Uwharrie Mountains — just outside Norwood in Stanly County, about 45 miles east of Charlotte. Most vehicles on the highway are log trucks. The rolling hills are thick with pine and hardwoods. Cattle loll by hayricks, and calves frisk and butt in roadside pastures.
Cotton’s still grown in the North Carolina Piedmont, along with crops for livestock. But essential topsoil is eroding away. Conservationists now say this area has some of the poorest soil in North Carolina.
By Ross Howell Jr. • Photographs By Amy Freeman
