No Calm after the Storm: Water Stress, Drought, and Mortality in Forest Trees in Eastern North Carolina following Hurricane Florence
It’s been almost a year since Hurricane Florence slammed our coast, yet many effects from the onslaught still linger. One of these is in our forests. Many factors can cause stress in trees, sometimes leading to their death, and in
Today’s Topic: Food Safety Forum coming up Aug. 28. Register now to attend.
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network’s Mike Davis to discuss “Today’s Topic.” The 15th Annual Food Safety Forum is coming up Aug. 28 at the Scott Building at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. There
Happy 75th Birthday Smokey Bear
One of America’s most iconic bears celebrated his 75th birthday Friday. Visitors to the N.C. Museum of Natural Science’s Nature Research Center were able to learn a little about the real Smokey Bear and his message of preventing unintentional forest
Plates Kitchen focuses on local produce, old- school recipes
In recognition of National Farmers Market Week Aug. 4-10, we are highlighting a local chef who makes the State Farmers Market in Raleigh a regular stop for his restaurant shopping list. For Jake Wood, executive chef at Plates Kitchen, cooking
Have Fungus, Will Travel: Tree-killing disease jumps to Tennessee and Kentucky
An unwelcome sight has plagued our coastal forests for years now. Dead redbay trees line the roadways and mar our coastal forests in southeastern N.C. These trees are dead because of an invader—a non-native fungus carried from tree to tree
Today’s Topic: Recent farm accidents are reminders to work safely on the farm.
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network’s Mike Davis to discuss “Today’s Topic.” A couple of recent stories about farming accidents is a reminder of how dangerous agricultural jobs can be, and that farmer and
Today’s Topic: Ag Sciences Center reaches the half-way mark in construction
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler sits down each week with Southern Farm Network’s Mike Davis to discuss “Today’s Topic.” The last steel beam was put in place on the Ag Sciences Center July 25 as work on the site reaches the
Easements help provide peace of mind for farmers with strong connections to the land
In three decades working the land of his family’s Chatham County farm, Lin Andrew has never seen change quite like in the last five years. It is those changes, and the uncertainty they bring, that led Andrew to be one
Christmas in July: Tiny Christmas tree seedlings being researched to be field ready sooner
If you look closely, the Upper Mountain Research Station in Laurel Springs is starting to take on the look of Christmas. Hundreds of tiny Frazer Fir Christmas tree seedlings are growing under the watchful eyes of research station staff. The
Ag Sciences Center celebrates topping off ceremony
The new North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Ag Sciences Center passed a major milestone Thursday, as workers and NCDA&CS personnel celebrated the building’s “topping off” ceremony. Gathered at the building’s construction site at the corner of Reedy