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. “Halifax County snares lumber producer,” News & Observer: Lumber producer Meherrin River Forest Products has decided to locate its [...]

March 22nd, 2013 | By: Paul Jones | Tags: antique tractors, Ashley Christensen, Atlantic Veneer, Carteret County, Emerald Ash Borer, Fire on the Dock, fire season, Fong's Chinese Restaurant, freeze, Gerry Fong, Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series, Got to Be NC Festival, Governor Pat McCrory, Halifax County, Henderson County, House of Raeford, James Beard, Kenny Barnwell, lumber, Meherrin River Forest Products, N.C. apples, N.C. Beer Month, N.C. Forest Service, N.C. turkey | Category: Field Notes | Comments Off

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. “Grants offer local farmers chance to diversify,” Hendersonville Times-News: Four local farmers were among the recipients of $148,500 in [...]

February 1st, 2013 | By: Paul Jones | Tags: ag exports, apple crop, beef, butchering class, Cackalacky Spice Sauce, Fire on the Dock, flooding, Forestry and Environmental Resources Department, Fullsteam Brewing Company, Got to Be NC, Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series, grants, japan, N.C. apples, N.C. State University, research forest, Walkertown, WNC Agricultural Options, Yellow Wolf Farm | Category: News, News Roundup | Comments Off

It’s been a long road since Fire on the Rock kicked off the first-ever Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series in January. Since then, 64 chefs from some of the state’s best restaurants have gone head-to-head in regional competitions in Blowing Rock, Wilmington, Raleigh and Greensboro. Each region hosted a single-elimination bracket series featuring [...]

November 14th, 2012 | By: Paul Jones | Tags: 1618 Seafood Grille, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, Andy Hopper, Bistro Roca, Chefs 105, cooking contest, Final Fire, Fire in the Triad, Fire in the Triangle, Fire on the Dock, Fire on the Rock, George Neal, Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series, local food, Michael Foreman, Ryan Payne | Category: Field Notes | Comments Off

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. “Farmers markets getting money to take food stamps,” Hendersonville Times-News: The federal government is spending $4 million to help [...]

May 11th, 2012 | By: Paul Jones | Tags: ag exports, Asheville Citizen Times, BPI, Buncombe County, center for environmental farming systems, Century Farm Program, China, EBT, farm workers, farmers markets, Fire on the Dock, Food Lion, food stamps, Got to Be NC, Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series, H-2A program, honey, Jenny Fulton, Miss Jenny's Pickles, N.C. beef, Nancy Creamer, pink slime, Rainbow Meadow Farm, raspberry, salmonella outbreak, Southern Farm Network, tornadoes, USDA, WGHP, WRAL | Category: News, News Roundup | Comments Off

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. “For budding farmer, incubator fosters growth,” News & Observer: More than two decades later, the 31-year-old Rowland is on [...]

April 6th, 2012 | By: Paul Jones | Tags: Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, Army, Asheville Citizen Times, CALS, Commissioner's Speakers Series, crop report, Danny McConnell, Fire on the Dock, Got to Be NC, Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series, gypsy moth, Incubator Farm Project, Kathleen Merrigan, local food, N.C. State University, n.c. strawberry, North Carolina Value-Added Cost Share, Prospective Plantings Report, Richmond County Daily Journal, RV, Sandhills Area Land Trust, termites, USDA, WRAL, WTVD, young farmers | Category: News, News Roundup | Comments Off

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. “How safe is our country’s food supply?” Hendersonville Times-News: When the year began, my 8-year-old son got sick, and [...]

March 23rd, 2012 | By: Paul Jones | Tags: animal shelter, drugs, Fire on the Dock, Flavors of Carolina, food safety, Got to Be NC Competition Dining Series, grocery store, McDowell County, N.C. Gasoline and Oil Inspection Board, Richmond County Daily Journal, Sen. Kay Hagan, The Wall Street Journal, WFMY, wheat | Category: News, News Roundup | Comments Off