Each week we round up the latest N.C. agricultural headlines from news outlets across the state and country, as well as excerpts from the stories. Click on the links to go straight to each paper’s full story.
- “Weeds adapting to potent herbicide raise farmers’ concerns,” Fayetteville Observer: Several years ago, farmers Lynn Carr and Roger Oxendine discovered small patches of mysterious new plants in their fields: Weeds that the widely used Roundup herbicide can’t kill. …
- “Opinion: Let’s protect small farms in food safety bill,” Asheville Citizen-Times: There’s little doubt the fractured system that has been in charge of overseeing the nation’s food supply food safety needs a serious overhaul. …
- “Your guide to farmers markets,” News & Observer: You might believe everything sold at the State Farmers Market in Raleigh is from North Carolina. Not true. You might think that all the fruits and vegetables sold at the Carrboro Farmers Market are organic. Again, not true. …
- “Plan details battle of the bulge,” Charlotte Observer: The White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity issued a blueprint Tuesday that’s thick with ideas but doesn’t put the hammer down yet on taxpayers or private industry. …
- “Local-food council asks for $5 million for farmland preservation trust fund,” Asheboro Courier-Tribune: The N.C. Sustainable Local Food Advisory Council is calling on legislators to put $5 million in the state budget for the trust fund that supports farmland preservation. …
- “Growers expect a short strawberry season,” Fayetteville Observer: An early bumper crop of strawberries across the state this year, paired with little rainfall this spring, has shortened the growing season by nearly a month. …
- “Advocates call Lyme disease a threat in N.C.,” News & Observer: Lyme disease advocates are working to spread the message that the tick-borne bacterial infection is a threat in North Carolina, with confirmed cases in Wake and other counties. …