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Estes discusses the alternatives to tobacco farming for North Carolina farmers considering the growing changes to the tobacco industry.
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16941
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With the movement away from tobacco in eastern North Carolina, McKinnie examines the alternatives, which include livestock.
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16943
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Talbott discusses the revitalization of the small-scale hog industry in North Carolina, looking at food security, animal welfare, environmental concerns, and the use of sub-therapeutic antibiotics.
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16945
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Nimmo discusses the history, production, manufacturing, and use of kenaf, a plant of the hibiscus family primarily grown for its fiber.
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16947
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With a growing global economic environment and a shift toward healthier alternatives, North Carolina farmers are looking to organic farming as alternatives to traditional crops.
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19364
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Bobby Hams is from Ham Farms in Greene County. This county ranks first in tobacco production in the state and second across the entire nation. Mr. Ham offered his insights for reducing the county's dependence on tobacco production and alternatives for diversifying agricultural output.
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16925
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Digital spatial and demographic data sets have been used to study the impact of the Randleman Reservoir on the local environment and demography of Randolph and Guilford Counties.
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16926
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This article discusses the probability of a snow-filled winter following a rainy hurricane season for eastern North Carolina.
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16927
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The availability of corporate finance is of critical importance to local and regional development. Since equity finance is the only method of capital acquisition that is not collateralized, the firms that compete most effectively for it are thought to be stronger competitors in the current marketplace. It was found that equity investment in North Carolina is highly concentrated both spatially and sectorally.
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16929
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The occurrence of cerebrovascular disease (stroke) and the resulting loss of life in the U.S. are astronomical. Mortality rates from strokes have plummeted over the last fifty and current patterns of stroke mortality do support the notion that the stroke belt in the southeast is becoming more fragmented; however, additional geographical information and multidisciplinary research are warranted to better understand the distribution of deaths.
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16931
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The emerging national controversy over the socio-economic and environmental impacts of corporate pork production on rural communities raises claims environmental injustice. The US swine industry has undergone a dramatic restructuring, expansion, and vertical integration of its pork production systems, locating in peripheral, rural locations like North Carolina. This article examines the relationships between key environmental injustice variables and the spatial concentration of swine waste in the Black Belt region of the state in order to assess the claims of environmental inequity central to this national issue.
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16933
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In recent years, like many small North Carolina communities, Hookerton (on the southern bank of Contentnea Creek in Greene County) has seen a precipitous decline in its economic and population base. Thus, its wastewater treatment system is in disrepair. But Hookerton has latched on to the duckweed wastewater treatment system that uses duckweed lagoons as bioreacters to generate clean water.
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16934
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Twenty-five years ago the State Climate Office (SCO) of North Carolina was created. Their mission was to provide climate information and services to the people and institutions of the state.
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16918
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The farmland of the eastern United States has changed greatly in its configuration, distribution, usage, and ownership since the 1960s. Using a 1960 baseline, the farmland and farms of North Carolina are examined to ascertain the form, processes, locations, and changes in the state's agricultural geography.
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16919
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This article discusses the strengths of free-for-services versus managed cared in North Carolina, along with trends occurring in health management organizations (HMO) enrollment, and the distribution of physicians and HMO providers across the state.
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