Helene caused turmoil for small businesses in Western North Carolina. But many Christmas tree farms are open and ready to help people make lasting holiday memories.
Potatoes — mashed, roasted, au gratin, you name it — are a Thanksgiving Day tradition. But for fourth generation farmer Sponheim, they’re a year-round focus, as she helps grow red and white potatoes ...
Now, the five-generation family farm has sold the majority of its land. “As hard as it is, we couldn’t go on the way things were going,” said Wendy Oakes Wilson, general manager of LynOaken ...
Egg prices have risen steadily over the past two years. A spike in avian flu and the approaching holiday season are combining to make the problem even worse.