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The 2020 Happy Hollow Award was awarded to Haywood County farmer, Howard Sorrells. Although the 2020 ceremony was postponed due to COVID-19, WNC Beef Cattle Commission chair Beverly Hargus presents the award to Mr....
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...
WNC Regional Livestock Center will remain open for our weekly sales throughout this challenging time. However, for the safety of our customers and our employees we will enact some restrictions in accordance with the...
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is accepting applications for two summer opportunities: the Appalachian Entrepreneurship Academy (AEA) and the ARC/Oak Ridge Summer STEM Program in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Both programs are free intensive learning...
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...
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