by Jen Kendrick | Dec 6, 2017 | Beyond Bacon
The Census of Agriculture will be mailed out this month and while some may look at the every-five-year survey as a hassle, it’s important that you take the time to be counted accurately. The resulting data are used by farmers, ranchers, trade associations,...
by Jen Kendrick | Dec 4, 2017 | Beyond Bacon
Eleven Wayne County farm families proved that they Give A Ham when they stepped up to provide Christmas hams for 50 local families through the Goldsboro Family YMCA’s Y’s Men Christmas Outreach program. The program provides Christmas support to 50...
by Jen Kendrick | Dec 1, 2017 | Beyond Bacon
Deborah Ballance of Fremont was named to a three-year term on the National Pork Board this week, along with four other new members from across the country. North Carolina hog farmers Henry Moore and Kris Stewart rotated off the board with the announcement of the new...
by Jen Kendrick | Oct 24, 2017 | Beyond Bacon
The second cohort of the North Carolina Leadership Forum has just formed and its focus is on a topic of vital importance to our state: How can North Carolina best meet the future energy needs of its citizens and businesses? This broad question will be tackled by a...
by Jen Kendrick | Oct 20, 2017 | Beyond Bacon
I woke up this morning to hear about something that amounts to… hogwash. As in, nonsense. Indeed, what was said at a forum in Durham last night about the pork industry can only be described as some fantastic lies. As a former journalist, it is especially disturbing...
by Bra5c0 | Oct 9, 2017 | Beyond Bacon
Tucked away in the corner of our office is a neat piece of culinary and political history. Forty-five years ago, the governor of North Carolina declared our state to be the “Pig Pickin’ Capital of the World.” Gov. Bob Scott’s signature is still firm and clear on the...
