After more than a decade of service, Sam Brake retired from the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services at the beginning of September. He helped lead a few of the many programs spread across the department, with his programs being based in the Research Stations Division. His retirement is a bittesweet moment for the … Read more
May 10, 2023, marked Jim Burnette’s 45th anniversary with the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Since November 2006, Burnette has served as the director of the Structural Pest Control and Pesticides Division. The division hosted a retirement celebration for him on May 23, as he will retire on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. … Read more
Thirty-seven years is a long time to do just about anything. For Phil Wilson, NCDA&CS Plant Industry Director, nearly four decades with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will come to a close later this year when he retires Oct. 1. Wilson has worked his entire professional career in the Plant Industry … Read more
Today marks a bittersweet day as we celebrate the retirement of long-time NCDA&CS employee Joe Reardon. Reardon started with the department in the Meat and Poultry Inspection Division as an Inspector 1 on the slaughter floor of the Jesse Jones Sausage Plant in Garner. From there he moved to Inspector 2 and then Inspector in … Read more
After 36 years working in the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gary Gay is retiring at the end of this week. He’s been the director of the Food Distribution Division since 1994. When he started with the department in 1985, he didn’t imagine he’d stay for more than three decades, and he certainly … Read more
