Sharon Gates of Leicester continued to impress judges during the final week of the Mountain State Fair, winning the N.C. Blueberry Council’s From Scratch Contest and $200 for her blueberry mousse recipe.
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To celebrate the fall harvest and the bounty of crops available in North Carolina, the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market will host its first Harvest Festival Oct. 1 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The N.C. State Fair is just around the corner, and it will surely be your “Best.Day.EVER!”
The N.C. Specialty Foods Association recently announced winners of its 2023 Best in Taste product competition during the final virtual Summer of Learning event.
The N.C. Mountain State Fair wrapped up a successful run with a total attendance of 147,278.
Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler inducted two couples into the N.C. Mountain State Fair Livestock Hall of Fame during the fair’s opening weekend.
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Bring five cans or dried goods to the N.C. Mountain State Fair tomorrow and gain free entry to the fair. All donations are collected and distributed by Manna FoodBank.
Sharon Gates of Leicester took home two top prizes and a total of $300 in prize money in the N.C. Tomato Growers Association’s Fresh Tomatoes Contest and the N.C. Cattlemen’s Beef Council Classic Comfort Food Contest. Her winning recipes were Is That Really A Tomato Cake?
The N.C. Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry program has announced that 73 communities, 14 campuses and four utilities have been awarded Tree City USA, Tree Campus Higher Education and Tree Line USA designations for 2022.
The N.C. Structural Pest Control Committee recently approved settlement agreements for cases in Edgecombe, Gaston, Guilford, Mecklenburg, New Hanover, Polk and Richmond counties at its meeting in Raleigh. Following are the agreements: