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WNCC is looking for a part-time Ag Coordinator to assist WNCC with our agriculture programs. See description below. Interested candidates should send a resume to Terri Wells , Director of Community and Agricultural Programs....
On Friday, August 21, 2020, George H. V. Cecil, a WNC Communities Lifetime Board Member, was given the Ambassador of Agriculture award by NC Commissioner of Agriculture, Steve Troxler. This award represents the highest ...
WNC Communities held the 30th Western North Carolina Agricultural Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Mountain Horticulture Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River. North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services,...
WNC Communities held the 30th Annual Western North Carolina Agricultural Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Mountain Horticulture Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River. Terry William Rogers, a fifth-generation farmer and...
We are no longer taking orders. We know that because of our current COVID-19 crisis, many additional people in our Western North Carolina communities are struggling with food insecurity. With our direct producer connections...
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Congratulations to Lane Worley (pictured) for his Grand Champion Junior Market Steer, and to Aiden Pitts for his Reserve Champion Junior Market Steer. These youth and many more showed in our WNC District Junior...
For 2019, WNC Communities is awarding $11,000 to these ten young women and men of Western North Carolina. They are each receiving a Journey Scholarship ranging from $500-$1500 to attend college. Madi Beddingfield of...
WNC Communities held the 29th Annual Western North Carolina Agricultural Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Mountain Horticulture Crops Research & Extension Center in Mills River. Buncombe County leader L.T. Ward, a champion for...
The WNC Regional Livestock Center has hit a major milestone, passing the $100 million mark for total livestock sales late last year. The market opened in 2011, after the closure of two livestock markets...
The 64 communities involved this year represent over 5,000 volunteers with an impressive 166,500 hours in outreach programs dedicated to education, health, conservation and events highlighting the mountain’s great art, craft, and music traditions,...
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