Today’s Topic: NCDA&CS Marketing Division to host Buyer Grower Exchange meetings for fruit and vegetable growers.

Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network’s Mike Davis to discuss “Today’s Topic.” The department’s Marketing Division will host a Grower/Buyer Exchange Feb. 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Jordan Lake Educational State Forest, 3490 Big Woods Road, Chapel Hill. Fruit and vegetable growers can sign up … Read more

Grower/Buyer Exchange set for Feb. 20

On Feb. 20, the department will host produce buyers from Lowes Foods and US Foods at the Grower/Buyer Exchange. The event, organized by the department’s Marketing Division, is geared to N.C. fruit and vegetable growers interested in selling their products to retailers and food service companies. Growers can schedule personal, 15-minute meetings with category buyers … Read more