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Hagan hears local farmers' migrant worker concerns | BlueRidgeNow.com

Hagan hears local farmers' migrant worker concerns | BlueRidgeNow.com | North Carolina Agriculture | Scoop.it

Bert Lemkes sat in a crowded room at the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce and watched as U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan talked about jobs and ways to get Americans back to work. But Lemkes, co-owner of VanWingerden International in Mills River, was there to talk about an agricultural work visa proposal that would allow them to legally hire migrant workers.

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The Season For Poinsettias | WUNC-FM

The Season For Poinsettias | WUNC-FM | North Carolina Agriculture | Scoop.it

North Carolina produces 4.4-million poinsettias a year, and they're not all red.

 

Cortez Burgundy, Bravo Bright Red, Ruby Frost, Jubilee White, Pink Cadillac are just a few of the inventively named colors. 

 

NC State has been is the site of the annual National Poinsettia Trial for more than 20 years.

 

So NPR's Leoneda Inge visited with Dr. John Dole at the CALS Horticulture Field Lab greenhouses, filled with the varieties surveyed for this year's annual evaluation.

 

Dr. Dole explains why North Carolina's multi-million dollar poinsettia industry is famous all over the world.

 

 


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