Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with the Southern Farm Network’s Rhonda Garrison to discuss “Today’s Topic.” Twenty restaurants from across North Carolina have been selected as finalists in the Best Dish in North Carolina contest. Sponsored by the NCDA&CS and Our State magazine, the contest recognizes and rewards the efforts of restaurants […]
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. “Tickets on sale for Mountain State Fair,” Asheville Citizen-Times: The Travelin’ McCourys bluegrass band will headline the 2009 Mountain […]
It was a good year to have a restaurant in a historic house named after a Bartlett. Four Square Restaurant, a 10-year-old restaurant located in the Victorian-era Bartlett-Mangum House in Durham, and The Yancey House Restaurant, located in the Historic Bartlett Yancey House in Yanceyville, both walked away with first place honors in the Best […]
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. “Farmers reap the harvest of the buy-local trend,” WRAL: A new survey suggests that amidst a down economy, consumers […]
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. “How a Cabarrus farm is growing the next generation of farmers,” Charlotte Observer: As squash, okra and Swiss chard […]
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. “NCDA&CS launches informational Web site to help pork, poultry farmers who have lost contracts during recession,” Agriscribe blog: The […]
We have a diverse workforce here at the NCDA&CS that focuses on consumer protection, food safety, marketing, accuracy of weights and measures, plant conservation, livestock protection…and more. Once a month, we’ll talk to one of our employees and hopefully provide a behind-the-scenes look at what they do to serve North Carolina. Matt Tunnell spends a […]
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. “Across the county there’s a growing Buzz in the air,” Greensboro News & Record: There’s a buzz in Rockingham […]