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 the full story.
- “Vegetable garden provides healthy bounty on the cheap,” WRAL: Two reasons many people don’t eat enough vegetables are cost and flavor. Many turn to cheaper processed foods packed with sodium. But one easy alternative is to grown your own….
- “Burntshirt Vineyards wins medal in international competition,” Hendersonville Times-News: Burntshirt Vineyards, which opened its tasting room in Hendersonville several weeks ago, took top honors in an international wine competition run by the wine industry trade publication, Vineyard & Winery Management. …
- “Cowboy Up event is this weekend,” Red Springs Citizen: The N.C. Horse Council’s Cowboy Up event will be held this weekend, Sept. 28-30, at the Southeastern N.C. Agricultural Events Center. The horse show is part of the council’s Southern Horse Festival. …
- “Morsels: Special events in works to highlight state’s wine,” Hendersonville Times-News: Special events in works to highlight state’s wine Wineries and grape growers across North Carolina are celebrating Wine Appreciation Month in September. …
- “New Rules in Place to Reduce Outbreaks at the NC State Fair,” Raleigh Public Record: People attending next month’s North Carolina State Fair will still get to pet the animals, but they’ll also see changes in how animals are exhibited, and have more opportunities to wash their hands after being around critters. …
- “Study finds fewer North Carolina coastal fish houses are closing,” News & Observer: The seafood wholesalers that help make commercial fishing possible are no longer disappearing from North Carolina’s coast at an alarming rate, but they’re still vanishing even as interest in locally caught seafood rises. …
- “Consider options when soil sampling,” The News of Orange County: From mid-October through February, North Carolina farmers send more than 200,000 samples to the state’s soil testing lab. Eager to plan for the next season, they often find themselves at a standstill as they wait for test results. The situation is unfortunate because soil tests don’t have to be done every year or, for that matter, in the fall. …