Have you ever wondered where the name 'Tar Heels' came from? Maybe you know it has something to do with North Carolina's history with the naval stores industry, or our state tree, the longleaf pine. In this Hybrid Lunchbox Talk, farmer and historian Earl L. Ijames will explore the origins of the term 'Tar Heel' and asks you to join efforts to save our treasured longleaf pine forests.

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Image: Dipping turpentine in Sampson County, 1890. From the General Negative Collection. Courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC.