NC Dept. of Agriculture
Here’s a group shot of us with Commissioner Steve Troxler and his team in front of the North Carolina Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services in Raleigh, N.C.
National Trip
Raleigh, North Carolina
National Trip Day 9 A rainy day in Raleigh. This says it all! Our first meeting was with the USDA APHIS Agriculture Pest Survey Program. Visiting the NC State Farmers Market and meeting with Dr. Blake Brown of NC Agriculture Leadership Program Look at the size of those carrots! Visiting to the North Carolina Dept. … Read more
Making a Fashion Statement at Murphy-Brown’s Hog Farm
We couldn’t resist putting on the full protective gear on the swine farm. It was a good thing we did.
Andy Meier, Center for Environmental Farming Services (CEFS),Cherry Farm
National Trip Day 8 CEFS is a collaboration of NC State University, NC A&T State University and NC Dept of Agriculture. No this is not a picture of Superintendent Andy Meier. But we all agreed he’s bullish on NC ag with as much energy as this fella. Andy just does’t like having his picture taken.
Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS)
National Trip Day 8 CEFS provides a farm site for ag research contactd by various customers. Andy negotiates with potential users in contractual arrangements that results in data and new farm techniques for farmers state wide. Andy took us on a windshield bus tour of organic farming, agroforestry, pasture raised beef and dairy cattle, swine … Read more
Dail Farms Visit, Roy Thagard and Jimmy & Deborah Dail
National Trip Day 8 County Extension Agent Roy Thagard introduced us to Daik Farms owners Jimmy and Deborah Dail. Dail farms rotates tobacco and produce and also raise hogs for pork producer Murphy-Brown. Tobacco starts out as seedlings in a hydroponic medium for 60-80 days. One 7,500 sf shade house produces seedlings for 90 planted … Read more
Heading North
National Trip Day 8 7 am Aloha Silver Gulf Motel; Mahalo to our drivers Cindy & Gary Jones
Sunday EcoTour with Capt. Rob Schoonmaker
National Trip Day 7 Heading out on our adventure from the dock at Carolina Beach Such lovely and colorful seaside homes! Capt. Rob with Kirby and Elton Every single post taken! Hard to capture but for a while we were escorted by a friendly dolphin Stopped at a North Carolina Audubon island bird sanctuary to … Read more
Sunday fishing trip, Cape Fear River
National Trip Day 7 Start of a wonderful day with Capt. Mike of Cape Fear Guide. Heading to the fishing hole. Heeeeere fishy fishy fishy. Bam! Y’all see that?! When you’re good, you’re good. Ashley and Jennica show us how it’s done. But eh what is Capt. Mike pondering? Hmm… Look our birthday boy, handsome … Read more
Captiol Tour, AFB, Nat’l Sustainable Ag, DC Central Kitchen
National Trip Day 5 The day started off bright and early for some of us, as we headed out for a tour of the Capitol before the start of our official agenda. Our super awesome tour guide, Jennica’s cousin Paul Sullivan, astounded the group with his amazing catalog of historical facts and anecdotes about the … Read more
