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.
- “Crop mobs sprout up on farms,” USA Today: The mob descended on Chris Wimmer’s farm on a rainy Saturday bearing pitchforks and shovels. They went to work quickly, relocating a compost pile, digging weeds and hauling fencing. …
- “600 horses gallop into Western North Carolina Agriculture Center,” Asheville Citizen-Times: The Asheville Lions Club Benefit Horse Show opened Wednesday at the WNC Ag Center with an estimated 600 horses on exhibit through Saturday. …
- “Seafood prices on the rise, and suppliers feeling pinch,” Winston-Salem Journal: Going out for a shrimp or oyster dinner is getting pricier in the Triad. …
- “Food expo at Got to Be NC Festival to showcases local companies, wineries,” WRAL-TV: The North Carolina Food Expo will fill the exposition building this weekend on the State Fairgrounds during the 2010 Got to Be NC Festival. …
- “Companies Honored at N.C. Specialty Foods Conference,” The Gourmet Retailer: Molasses cookies, milk chocolate and walnut toffee, and muscadine cider were the winners in the Product Awards Competition at the spring conference of the North Carolina Specialty Foods Association (NCSFA). …
- “Big Tobacco cutting contracts with US farmers,” News & Observer: CYNTHIANA, Ky. — After years of faithfully supplying leaf to tobacco giant Philip Morris International, farmer Jess Burrier received a postcard, thanking him for his contributions and telling him his service wasn’t needed this year. …
- “Times Research links pesticides with ADHD in children,” Charlotte Observer: CHICAGO — A new analysis of U.S. health data links children’s attention-deficit disorder with exposure to common pesticides used on fruits and vegetables. …