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12:00 am
Tue August 14, 2012

A Farm Fresh Approach For People Living With Autism

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Credit Keia Mastrianni
The iconic red barn of Carolina Farms, a fully functioning farm that employs and is home to autistic individuals in Stanly County.
Credit Keia Mastrianni
Nicholas (left) is an employee of the Community Supported Agriculture Program and also supported by the organization. Sara Dailey (right) is a staffer at Carolina Farms.
Credit Keia Mastrianni
Director of Carolina Farms, John Fields.
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One of the two greenhouses on the farm, affectionately called the 'Dean Dome' after Agricultural Specialist Dean Mullis.
Credit Keia Mastrianni
Credit Keia Mastrianni
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Down long stretches of winding country roads, about an hour northeast of Charlotte in a small corner of Stanly County, lies 39 spacious acres of farmland that has attracted visitors from the likes of Japan, Denmark and Germany, not to mention, the United States.

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