Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network’s Rhonda Garrison to discuss “Today’s Topic.” This week, Commissioner Troxler and Rhonda talk about the 2010 yearbook of North Carolina agricultural statistics. The NCDA&CS Statistics Division works with USDA to publish this yearbook each year. Here are some of the highlights of the […]
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 calls for mergers, hiring freeze,” News & Observer: Gov. Bev Perdue proposed a sweeping reorganization of state government […]
Flats of plants sit beneath hanging baskets at Metrolina Greenhouses Inc. in Huntersville Charlotte is known more for banking than agriculture, but the area is home to the largest single-site, heated greenhouse in the United States — Metrolina Greenhouses Inc. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler recently visited the Huntersville nursery while touring farms in the region. […]
If you’re in the Raleigh area, don’t worry about lunch on Thursday. The State Farmers Market will have free tomato sandwiches from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in celebration of its annual Greenhouse Vegetable Day. But they won’t be just any tomato sandwiches — these will be made with fresh, local greenhouse tomatoes and hydroponic […]