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On Monday, December 11, conservative Republican Bill Graham officially filed to run for Governor of North Carolina.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2024 @ 2:20 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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An attorney and business owner from Salisbury, Rowan County, has joined the growing list of contenders for the GOP nomination for governor in North Carolina in 2024.
Published: Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 @ 8:49 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Nursing researchers focus on heat stress in farm workers
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2023 @ 9:16 am
By: ECU News Services
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U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), James Lankford (R-OK), Jim Risch (R-ID), and Michael Bennet (D-CO) this week introduced the bipartisan Security and Oversight of International Landholdings (SOIL) Act, legislation to provide oversight and transparency of purchases of US agricultur
Published: Saturday, April 15th, 2023 @ 6:16 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Sticker shock is hitting some shoppers as they get ready to host Thanksgiving this year. The soaring cost of energy is slowing supply chains for grocery stores and spiking costs for farmers.
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2022 @ 9:56 am
By: Carolina Journal
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How a coastal North Carolina city became the site of America’s only coup d’etat
Published: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 @ 4:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Cheri Beasley is a “miss-steak” for farmers.
Published: Wednesday, September 14th, 2022 @ 3:28 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Back in the “bobby-sox 60’s” era Neil Sedaka recorded the song, “Breaking Up is Hard to Do.” I thought about it in contemplating a break-up of my own.
Published: Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 9:51 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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Recently, Golden LEAF President, Chief Executive Officer Scott T. Hamilton sat down with Shawn Harding, President of the North Carolina Farm Bureau, via Zoom and filmed the fifteenth edition in a video series called Critical Conversations.
Published: Friday, July 15th, 2022 @ 12:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Agriculture remains North Carolina’s top industry. Researchers have pointed to a rapidly growing population, loss of farmland, climate shifts, and emerging crop diseases as some of the complex agricultural challenges that do not fit into particular academic or research silos.
Published: Thursday, March 24th, 2022 @ 8:29 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Diesel prices in North Carolina and around the country have recently broken new records, with diesel averaging $5.10 a gallon in North Carolina today – a set of new highs for Bidenflation and new lows for North Carolina farmers.
Published: Monday, March 14th, 2022 @ 3:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Look to the top left of the chart below. It’s a stunning number: $30 trillion-plus. That’s where the national debt stands. Peruse the other associated numbers to see the devastating burden this places on each one of us.
Published: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022 @ 9:09 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dairy Farmers of America Represents More Than 12,500 Family Farmers in North Carolina and Across the USA
Published: Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 @ 1:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Do you know where your food comes from? Aside from saying Harris Teeter, Food Lion, or Wegman’s, it is an important question to many North Carolinians.
Published: Friday, December 31st, 2021 @ 11:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded $655,000 in funding to support projects through the Open Grants Program and Disaster Recovery Grant Program.
Published: Sunday, October 31st, 2021 @ 2:00 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Golden LEAF Foundation Board recently adopted a long-term strategic plan to serve as a roadmap for the next few years.
Published: Saturday, July 24th, 2021 @ 5:54 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina Agromedicine Institute recognized with national designation
Published: Thursday, July 1st, 2021 @ 9:20 pm
By: ECU News Services
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New Product Lines Drive $15.5 Million Expansion
Published: Friday, February 19th, 2021 @ 8:23 pm
By: Governor's Office
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ECU research team awarded $1.5M grant to study watershed resiliency
Published: Thursday, October 15th, 2020 @ 10:49 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Michael Harden, the Civitas Institute’s director of agricultural studies, took to the airwaves this week in two interviews to discuss disruptions in the food supply chain due to COVID-19 – on the Tyler Cralle Show (WAAV; 980 AM Wilmington) and the Pete Kaliner Show podcast.
Published: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020 @ 11:40 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The clock is ticking on hemp licenses for North Carolina farmers.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2020 @ 5:20 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Under President Obama’s redefinition, much more of North Carolina, and virtually all of our state east of Interstate 95, would have been designated as Waters of the United States.
Published: Monday, January 27th, 2020 @ 9:17 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses what we think are some interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Here’s a week in review
Published: Wednesday, November 27th, 2019 @ 4:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Governor Roy Cooper announced that Larry Wooten will be the first recipient of the North Carolina Rural Leadership Award. Governor Cooper and Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler will present the award at a reception on Wednesday, November 20 at 5:30 PM at the Executive Mansion.
Published: Thursday, November 21st, 2019 @ 1:43 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Roy Cooper today issued an order to help North Carolina farmers harvest and transport crops quickly in preparation for any future impacts from Hurricane Dorian.
Published: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 @ 7:27 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Cooper urged North Carolinians today to pay close attention to Hurricane Dorian, and make sure they are ready for its possible impacts expected by the middle of the week.
Published: Monday, September 2nd, 2019 @ 11:14 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Workers meander through green rows of plants, glancing sideways as they go and dipping their brimmed caps against the setting sun. A white Chevy pickup stops at the top of the slope, and farmer Shane Whitaker jumps out and walks among the crops.
Published: Monday, August 12th, 2019 @ 4:33 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Yesterday, the Senate unanimously passed the Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019, bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) to help family farms reorganize after falling on hard times.
Published: Sunday, August 4th, 2019 @ 6:01 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Lawmakers, after so many fits and starts, finally persuaded enough of their nervous colleagues to vote to begin fixing North Carolina’s archaic and broken system of governing alcohol, a move some 80 years in the making.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2019 @ 11:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Senators Thom Tillis and Richard Burr expressed disappointment today over Congress’ failure to deliver critical disaster aid to assist North Carolina’s Hurricane Florence recovery efforts.
Published: Sunday, April 21st, 2019 @ 11:32 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Publishing a hardcore policy newsletter every week would not be possible without a team of brilliant and hard-working colleagues.
Published: Monday, January 21st, 2019 @ 3:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Cooper Implores President to End Federal Shutdown to Speed Hurricane Recovery, Help FarmersGovernor Roy Cooper today wrote to President Donald Trump to urge him to end the federal government shutdown that is holding back hurricane recovery efforts and threatening North Carolina's farming economy.
Published: Wednesday, January 16th, 2019 @ 12:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) supported the passage of the bipartisan Farm Bill Conference Report, which includes several provisions secured by Senator Tillis
Published: Wednesday, December 12th, 2018 @ 12:37 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed new bills into law
Published: Wednesday, December 5th, 2018 @ 11:23 am
By: Governor's Office
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