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Today’s Topic: Restaurants compete for Best Dish in NC honors

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 Best Dish in North Carolina restaurant contest. Finalists for the 2011 edition of the contest were recently announced. The Best Dish contest, sponsored by the NCDA&CS and Our […]

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Regions add new flavor to Best Dish contest

The Best Dish in North Carolina restaurant contest, which showcases fine-dining and casual-dining restaurants using locally sourced ingredients, is adding a little spice to its annual competition. This year, contest organizers have divided the state into three regions – Western, Piedmont and Eastern. Now, restaurants will have the opportunity to compete against other restaurants in […]

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Today’s Topic: Best Dish in N.C. winners

Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with the Southern Farm Network’s Rhonda Garrison to discuss “Today’s Topic.” Several North Carolina restaurants have some bragging rights after placing in the Best Dish in North Carolina restaurant contest. This annual statewide competition, sponsored by the NCDA&CS and Our State magazine, recognizes and rewards the efforts […]

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News Roundup: May 1-7

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 each paper’s full story. “Son leaves corporate world to join dad in a new farming venture,” Hendersonville Times-News: Larry Stepp Jr. is […]

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Today’s Topic: Best Dish in North Carolina finalists

Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with the Southern Farm Network’s Rhonda Garrison to discuss “Today’s Topic.” Twenty restaurants from across North Carolina have been selected as finalists in the Best Dish in North Carolina contest.  Sponsored by the NCDA&CS and Our State magazine, the contest recognizes and rewards the efforts of restaurants […]

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