The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services provides testing for everything from food and cosmetics to seed and fertilizer. Most of the tests are conducted at the department’s Constable Laboratory near the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. The building, is
In 1980, the first commercial honey processor in the state began operation in Winston-Salem. Around 200 barrels were processed in the first year, opening an untapped market for local beekeepers’ honey. In the same year, Sheila Sasser, became the first