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. “Our Coast’s Food: Keeping It Local,” Coastal Review: “Easy beast,” I said to chef Kyle Lee McKnight shortly after I met him in 2010. The local foods movement that had […]
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network’s Rhonda Garrison to discuss “Today’s Topic.” Earlier this year, Gov. Pat McCrory established the North Carolina Food Manufacturing Task Force, and Commissioner Troxler is one of its core members. The task force will look at strategic ways to leverage our existing activities in food processing and […]
Leaders in agribusiness, farming, research, higher education and government met this week in Raleigh for the first meeting of the N.C. Food Manufacturing Task Force. This task force was formed with the goal of creating jobs and expanding agriculture-based businesses. The task force is comprised of 35 members with expertise in agriculture, meat and dairy […]