The forgotten fruit: How N.C. farmers and businesses are reintroducing folks to pawpaws
Story Date: 10/12/2021

 

Source: Victoria Wresilo, SPECTRUM LOCAL NEWS, 10/11/21

 When most people hear the word pawpaw, they might think of their grandpa. But a pawpaw is also a fruit that grows all the way from the Great Lakes down to some parts of Florida. Chefs and farmers in North Carolina are using pawpaws in different recipes and even to brew beer, all in an effort to introduce more people to this forgotten fruit. Wynn Dinnsen owns Full of Life Farms in Pittsboro. He has about 280 pawpaw trees on his property and during season gathers them twice a day as they fall to the ground.

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