WUNC12d
New Helene recovery pop-up events for farmers, agricultural producers in WNC
One-day, open-house-style fairs are helping farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural producers connect with recovery ...
FEMA, USDA assess farms damaged in Avery County during Hurricane Helene
Officials with FEMA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other state agencies held a walk-through event in Avery County on ...
Charlotte Observer16d
With little oversight, NC poultry farms raise 1 billion birds a year. Who pays the cost?
North Carolina’s poultry industry has taken flight. Farms now stand near the mountains, the coast and the state’s largest cities. The state’s largest ag industry raises more than 1 billion ...
Hendersonville Lightning1d
Veterans Healing Farm will be a telehealth outpost
Veterans Healing Farm has been selected by the Veterans Administration to be a Health Care Telehealth Outpost in partnership with the Western North Carolina VA Health Care System in a collaboration ...
Post and Courier6d
Apple farmers find success in new precision growing techniques just over the SC border
When Hurricane Helene struck western North Carolina and the Upstate, it damaged farmland including apple orchards. Fortunately, the storm damage did not disrupt TK Family Farm's operations.
MyJoyOnline27d
Cultivating the Future: How biotechnology powers North Carolina’s farms
In contrast, agriculture in North Carolina, one of the 50 states of the ... hours we spent on the farm, the equipment or how much diesel we were using. You could see that technology was making ...