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A third generation nurseryman and two sisters who have spent many years as volunteers behind the scenes were honored at Farm City Day Saturday. Read Story »
Tags: AgHC | trees | Farm City Day | Ken Allison | nurseries | tree farming | Wendy Henderson | Karen Saine
BrightFarms, which is gearing up to open the largest and most technologically advanced indoor salad farm in the Southeast in April, is holding a job fair to hire 55 employees Friday, Monday and Tuesday at Blue Ridge Community College. Read Story »
Tags: AgHC | greenhouse industry | greenhouse produce | BrightFarms
BrightFarms, a leading grower of locally grown salads for supermarkets, broke ground on a new 280,000-square-foot hydroponic greenhouse on the old Seven Falls property near the French Broad River. Read Story »
Tags: green industries | AgHC | Mark Williams | greenhouse industry
J. Noland Ramsey, a retired schoolteacher and principal and longtime cattleman, has been elected 2020-2021 chairman of the national Council for Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching. Read Story »
Tags: farming | AgHC | Noland Ramsey
The Seven Falls land in the Pleasant Grove community has been farmland. It was once eyed for a campground. It was a dairy once and a dairy again. Then it became infamous when a real estate development touted with great fanfare as a grand golf resort turned out to be the biggest financial fraud in recent county history. Read Story »
Tags: AgHC | Mark Williams
Tags: AgHC
Mark Williams, the executive director of the farm-promoting nonprofit Agribusiness Henderson County (AgHC), will have a seat at the table when state leaders explore ways to expand the agriculture industry and create jobs. Read Story »
Tags: farming | AgHC | Mark Williams
Need locally grown tomatoes for supper? Want to know which apples are now ripe? Want to buy locally ground sausage or a T-bone steak? Read Story »
Tags: farming | AgHC | Mark Williams