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Golden LEAF grant helping plans for cold storage facility at Wilmington move forward

by Brian Long | Dec 5, 2013

The board of the Golden LEAF Foundation on Thursday approved an $800,000 grant to the Southeastern Partnership to help fund the purchase of equipment for a planned cold storage facility at the Port of Wilmington. A partnership between the State Ports Authority and USAInvestCo will create a state-of-the-art facility for near-vessel cold storage of agricultural […]

More than $5.7 million of local food purchased in 10% Campaign’s first year

by Brian Long | Jul 22, 2011

North Carolina residents and businesses bought more than $5.7 million worth of local food in the first year of the 10% Campaign, a statewide effort to stimulate economic development, create jobs and promote farms and fisheries in the state. The Center for Environmental Farming Systems, based at the NCDA&CS Cherry Research Farm in Goldsboro, launched […]

News Roundup: July 2-8

by Paul Jones | Jul 8, 2011

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. “Costly wildfire mostly contained,” Jacksonville Daily News: The 31,000-acre Holly Shelter wildfire has already cost more than $2 million […]

News Roundup: April 23-29

by Paul Jones | Apr 29, 2011

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. ports ‘missing the boat’ on agriculture exports,” Wilmington Star-News: North Carolina’s ports are “missing the boat” on agriculture […]

News Roundup: Feb 5-11

by Paul Jones | Feb 11, 2011

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. “NC coaches fish farming businesses to profits,” WRAL-TV: A conference at the North Carolina coast is coaching businesses on […]

New building to sprout at Southeastern N.C. Ag Center

by Brian Long | Apr 21, 2010

Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, state legislators and other officials on April 20 shoveled the first scoops of dirt from the ground where a multipurpose pavilion will be built at the Southeastern N.C. Agricultural Center in Lumberton. The 54,000-square-foot building will be flexible enough to host everything from trade shows to horse and livestock events. The […]