Record #:

3107

Author(s):

Bates, Eric

Abstract:

Small family farmers in the state find their prime money crop, tobacco, declining in price and marketability. To make ends meet requires finding alternate crops, like cotton or organic fruits and vegetables.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 14 Issue 16, Apr 1996, p13-15,17, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tobacco; Family farms; Agricultural diversification; New crops

Record #:

23285

Author(s):

Luthy, Corrine

Abstract:

The Vollmer Farm, located northeast outside of Raleigh, hosts activities and provides locals with produce. The Vollmer family is a proponent of community supported agriculture.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. 28 Issue 2, January 20 2010, p120-125, il

Subject(s):

Family farms

Record #:

9761

Author(s):

Whitmire, Brittany F.

Abstract:

The number of people living on farms nationwide underwent a dramatic change in the hundred years between 1890 and 1990, dropping from 98 percent of the total population to 2 percent. Whitmire discusses how workforce and succession planning can also apply to the state's small family-farm businesses.

Source:

Popular Government (NoCar JK 4101 P6), Vol. 72 Issue 2, Winter 2007, p34-42, il, f

Subject(s):

Labor supply; Family farms