News Roundup: Feb. 2-8

by | Feb 8, 2013

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.

  • Cold Storage Center Approved For Wilmington Port,” North Carolina News Network: The North Carolina Council of State voted to approve a lease that gives the go-ahead to a public-private partnership seeking to construct a cold storage facility at the Port of Wilmington. …
  • Agriculture-military partnership preserves farmlands,” NCSU Technician: Encroachment currently threatens agriculture and defense, the two largest sectors of North Carolina’s economy. Sentinel Landscapes, a project for the creation of a mutually beneficial partnership between agriculture and the military, aims to avoid intrusion on military training fields while preserving working farmland. …