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Tag: NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Poultry litter lies uncovered at a farm in southeastern North Carolina. Photo credit: Courtesy of Kemp Burdette, Cape Fear riverkeeper
Posted inEnvironmental Health

N.C. riverkeepers cry foul over state’s farm law

by Greg Barnes July 6, 2021August 31, 2022

By Greg Barnes North Carolina’s riverkeepers are starting to return to business as usual now, more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic slowed their efforts to fly over hog and poultry farms looking for violations of the state’s environmental regulations. Before the pandemic, some of the riverkeepers flew over the farms at least once […]

a man and young woman arrange eggs for customers shopping during a time of coronvirus restrictions on movement.
Posted inInfectious Disease

Need food during your coronavirus quarantine? NC farmers want to provide it.

by Rose Hoban March 16, 2020April 9, 2021
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, Mental Health

Hurricane Dorian thrashes farmer’s tobacco crop

by Greg Barnes September 6, 2019September 9, 2019
A field of corn that's leaning over with pines trees behind it.
Posted inFeatured

For one Brunswick County farmer, it feels like hurricanes “have become the new norm”

by Greg Barnes September 5, 2019April 13, 2021
A group of people is placing a playground equipment on the ground, behind them are trees and an excavator. This is part of their efforts to address obesity.
Posted inRural Health

As the rate of lifestyle diseases rises, one obesity prevention strategy is gaining ground

by Liora Engel-Smith August 6, 2019August 5, 2019
shows hemp flowers in a jar
Posted inState Health Policy

Some NC lawmakers want hemp classified as marijuana, farmers push back — UPDATED

by Taylor Knopf July 24, 2019April 13, 2021

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