Message from the Director: Value-Added Team Relocates to North Carolina Research Campus at Kannapolis; Receives Recent Grants
The New Farm Bill: What Does It Mean to North Carolina?
Congress recently passed a new farm bill. Dr. Blake Brown, economist and policy analyst, takes a look at what it means to North Carolina agriculture and beyond. Read more
New Farm Bill
The USDA provides detailed information on the new farm bill.
The Changing Face of North Carolina Agriculture
Dr. Blake Brown, director of the Program for Value-Added & Alternative Agriculture, writes about North Carolina agriculture and how it has changed over the past two decades, the factors that drove the change and what this means for today’s farmers.
Tips That Help You Sell More at Market
If you’re a farmer that sells your products at a local market, how do you respond when a customer asks you how to prepare a certain food item? If your response is, “I don’t know, I just grow it!” then The Produce Lady can help you. Learn more
Featured Resource
Dr. Michael Walden, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, provides numerous helpful resources, including the N.C. Economic Outlook Series, You Decide, a biweekly newsletter, and Economic Perspective, a daily radio show. His NC State University faculty page includes information on state and county agribusiness values. Check it out here.
Did you Know?
The poultry industry is a leading contributor to North Carolina’s agricultural economy. Broilers rank as the top commodity for the state with an annual production value of $2.2 billion. Wilkes County leads the state with more than 91 million broilers on farms. Learn more at www.ncpoultry.org.
Upcoming Conferences, Events, Meetings
The Politics of Food Conference,
September 22- 24, 2008
North Carolina State University Park Scholarships and Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences will co-host the "Politics of Food" conference. North Carolina's rich and diverse agricultural heritage has put it at the crux of the challenges facing modern agriculture, and this setting provides a terrific opportunity to explore strategies that North Carolina communities and businesses are using to build a more sustainable food system from the ground up. Learn more
