Each week we’ll round up the latest N.C. agricultural headlines from newspapers 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. “Workshops on futures offered to farmers,” Asheville Citizen-Times: The N.C. Department of Agriculture will host seven free workshops for […]
WRAL reporter Brian Shrader and our own Lisa Prince feature seasonal recipes in their Got to Be Good Cookin’ segment using ingredients grown and available right here in North Carolina. We’ll post each video here, along with links to the recipes. Looking for an easy, last-minute gift idea that uses a North Carolina product available […]
My friend traveled to Jamaica two weeks ago. Before going to the airport, we weighed her suitcase on two separate scales and they both read 49 lbs. When weighed at the ticket counter she was told that she was 8 lbs. overweight. Who checks these scales and certifies them? – P.S. With the huge influx […]
The Motor Fuels section of our Standards Division is responsible for enforcing motor fuel (both gasoline and diesel) quality standards, heating fuel (kerosene and fuel oil) quality standards and motor oil quality standards. The department also regulates every gas pump at every gas station in N.C. to be sure consumers get what they pay for […]
Each week we’ll round up the latest N.C. agricultural headlines from newspapers 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. “Find a local source for your Christmas tree this year,” News and Observer: I believe in supporting local any […]
WRAL reporter Brian Shrader and our own Lisa Prince feature seasonal recipes in their Got to Be Good Cookin’ segment using ingredients grown and available right here in North Carolina. We’ll post each video here, along with links to the recipes. Now that it’s December, Lisa and Brian turn their focus to N.C. goodies, gifts […]
Each month in our “Field Trip” feature, we take readers into the field with a NCDA&CS employee to find out more about the varied types of work that go on in the Department. Even though you may be bundling up in your winter coat, hunting down holiday greenery and watching the forecast for snow, that […]
You may have heard of the lions and tigers and bears from the Wizard of Oz, but this week public health professionals and veterinarians from across the state will meet to discuss humans and birds and pigs. (Cue the “Oh my!”) The seventh annual One Medicine Symposium, “Humans & Birds & Pigs – Oh My! […]
Each week we’ll round up the latest N.C. agricultural headlines from newspapers 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. “N.C. Christmas tree crop is tops, ag commissioner says,” Winston-Salem Journal: State Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler says the state […]
Overall, floriculture contributes more than $207 million to our state’s economy, and poinsettias play an important role in that industry – North Carolina produced about 4.6 million poinsettias in 2008 and generated cash receipts of $17.9 million. Poinsettias are grown in greenhouses across the state under specific climatic requirements. The plants must receive a balance […]
WRAL reporter Brian Shrader and our own Lisa Prince feature seasonal recipes in their Got to Be Good Cookin’ segment using ingredients grown and available right here in North Carolina. We’ll post each video here, along with links to the recipes. This week’s Got to Be NC Thanksgiving recipe may come after the actual holiday, […]
The apple is a celebrated fruit in North Carolina, with two different festivals dedicated to the food. North Wilkesboro holds its annual one-day Brushy Mountain Apple Festival in October, when local apple growers set up throughout the festival to sell their apples, apple cider and dried apples. In Hendersonville, each Labor Day is celebrated with […]