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. “Farmers markets getting money to take food stamps,” Hendersonville Times-News: The federal government is spending $4 million to help […]
Buncombe County
News Roundup: March 26-April 1
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 snap shouldn’t harm NC strawberry crop,” WRAL-TV: It’s been a chilly spring so far, but it’s not cold […]
News Roundup: Jan. 29-Feb. 4
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. “Perdue slices budget; GOP says go deeper,” News & Observer: Legislators will begin debating a proposal that would give […]
News Roundup: July 24-30
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. “Buncombe joins other Western North Carolina counties on drought list; dry weather a ‘disaster’ for Mitchell County farmer,” Asheville Citizen-Times: […]
News Roundup: May 22-28
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. “Robeson County approves new animal shelter policies,” WRAL: Officials in a North Carolina county have approved two new […]
News Roundup
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. “Anoop to play State Fair; fans all a-Twitter,” Durham Herald-Sun: With the help of the magic power of Twitter, […]
News Roundup
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. “To save farms, you must save the farmers,” Charlotte Observer: Three trends are on a collision course: A rapidly […]
Agricultural exhibit at the N.C. Museum of History
As Commissioner Troxler will be quick to remind you, North Carolina lost more than 1,000 farms and 600,000 acres of farmland between 2002 and 2007. We’re working hard to reverse those numbers, and the N.C. Museum of History and Asheville photographer Tim Barnwell are helping to put faces and families to these statistics with their […]