Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! To help you celebrate we suggest you put on your favorite green shirt, grab your favorite North Carolina beer and try this recipe for Country Sweet and Sour Cabbage from the 1989 Goodness Grows Cookbook. Cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day is a popular choice because of its place in Irish cuisine. […]
WRAL reporter Brian Shrader and our own Lisa Prince feature seasonal recipes in their weekly Local Dish Cooking segment. This month Brian and Lisa are featuring recipes made with North Carolina cauliflower and cabbage. The first recipe was provided by Anne Beck of Raleigh. She said it was her grandma’s recipe and she has made […]
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. “N.C. poinsettias brighten up the holidays,” Perishable News: The poinsettia is a decorating staple for the winter holidays, but […]
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. For some, this week’s snow and ice allowed them to spend time with their families in the kitchen. Others were on the road and back […]
The department’s popular Farm to School program recently received another honor — having Gov. Bev Perdue proclaim the month of October as Farm to School Month. School kids are some of the program’s biggest fans, especially when the hugely popular strawberries, watermelon slices and apples are featured on the menus in school cafeterias. During the month […]
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with the Southern Farm Network’s Rhonda Garrison to discuss “Today’s Topic.” School is out across North Carolina, and it ended on a high note for the N.C. Farm to School Program. School systems purchased a record $800,000 worth of North Carolina commodities during the 2009-2010 school year. […]
Since today is all things green in honor of St. Patrick, here are some random, loosely-related green facts about North Carolina and our connection to greenery and Irish traditions: The N.C. Green Industry comprises the nursery, greenhouse, Christmas tree, and turfgrass/sod industries. These crops represent more than $1.2 billion in farm income. There are more […]