With over 1,700 acres of farmland, North Carolina State University remains one of the top schools in Agriculture and Life Sciences. One of its farms is particularly well-known among locals for providing an authentic spot to indulge in the university’s famous Howling Cow ice cream: the N.C. State Dairy Farm. The farm is a part … Read more
Norman Jordan Jr. is the third-generation owner of Brush Creek Swiss Farms, a dairy farm in Siler City. Although started by his grandfather, the exact origin of when the farm began milking cows commercially is unknown among relatives. The Jordan family decided to establish 1927, the birth year of Norman Jordan Sr., as the start … Read more
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. “Addressing rural hunger in Lenoir County,” Kinston Free Press: Across America, some 42 million people will not eat today. In North Carolina alone an estimated 10 million people do not … Read more
