William H. Kopke Jr. Inc., a prominent vertically integrated marketer of fresh fruit, will be exhibiting in the upcoming Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure Show, March 7-9, in Tampa, Florida.

The Santa Barbara community gave the Santa Barbara Orchid Show a triumphant post-Covid return in 2023, cementing this beloved event as a community gem. It's fitting that the 2024 show theme is “Orchids: Gems of Nature.” 

The Vidalia Onion Committee has announced the selection of Shane Curry as its new executive director. Curry's extensive background in agriculture and natural resources makes him highly qualified to lead the committee into the future. During his seventeen years with the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, Curry demonstrated an unwavering commitment to research and extension programs.

Family Tree Farms will be exhibiting at the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure show this week, sampling its current Mexican blueberry and blackberry production at Booth No. 338.

Easter is fast approaching and this year, inflation continues to affect how customers plan to celebrate the holiday – with nearly two-thirds of Walmart customers (65 percent) reporting they expect inflation to have an impact on their Easter celebrations.

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture wants everyone to know that the state’s produce industry is alive and well and even registering an uptick in fruit and vegetable production.

Overall, North Carolina is losing some farm acreage to housing and urban sprawl as the population continues to increase. In raw numbers, the state registered the third highest increase in population (140,000) in the United State in 2023. In percentages, its 1.3 percent growth rate over the past two years is fifth highest among the 50 states.