Links You Might Find of Interest
Updated Oct. 15, 2011
North Carolina State Grange website - Please see links under the section "Newsletters, updates, legislation alerts, etc." at the bottom of this page for numerous detailed links.
Wikipedia Entry: The Grange Organization
Maple View Farm website. This is the website for one of our member-family's operations. Maple View Farm produces dairy products, has their own ice cream store, caters to parties, provides tours and is involved in the preservation of farm land and local heritage. They provide educational opportunities for local youth and farm related news on their website. Please visit them on the web and in person. Here is a map to their farm and Ice Cream Store.
Orange County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension
Orange County Voice - A Voice for Rural Orange County
N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services -- Also see this alternate web site: http://www.ncagr.gov/index.htm
Hillsborough Youth Athletic Association - HYAA website
Hillsborough United Methodist Church
More National Grange Links -- Newsletters, updates, legislation alerts, etc.:
The New grange (newsletter, supercedes National Grange News): http://www.nationalgrange.org/news-events/GrangeToday/NewGrange.htm
News Corner including National Grange Newsarchive (superceded by the New grange newsletter): http://www.nationalgrange.org/NewsCorner/newscorner_main.htm
National Grange "View From the Hill" newsletter: http://www.nationalgrange.org/legislation/vfh/vfh.htm
'View from the Hill', Legislative Updates: http://www.nationalgrange.org/legislation/leg_updates/updates.htm
'View from the Hill', Blogspot: http://nationalgrangeviewfromthehill.blogspot.com/
Legislaton 'Action Alerts' (from National Grange Website: must read daily for politically active individuals, and organizations. Action Alerts are notices alerting members to pending legislative or regulatory activity affecting family farms, and rural communities. AA's request that members and non-members take action by contacting their congressional representatives, or the appropriate government agency.": http://www.nationalgrange.org/legislation/alerts_updates/alerts.htm
'The National Grange 2011 Legislative Policy Book and Grassroots Training Manual', 108 pages: http://www.nationalgrange.org/legislation/LegislativePolicyBook2011.pdf (A new edition is published each year)
President's Ponderings
Reflections, Observations, and Random Thoughts of the National Grange President/Master: http://grangepresident.blogspot.com/
Opinion editorials: http://www.nationalgrange.org/news-events/OpinionEditorials/OpEd1.htm
Podcasts channel broadcast: http://www.nationalgrange.org/podcast/podcast_main.htm
Radio Interviews & News broadcasts: http://www.nationalgrange.org/news-events/radiointerview.htm
Even more updated information can be found at the National website listed above.