Source: SOUTHEAST PRODUCE WEEKLY, 5/26/17

SPW spent last weekend at the 'Got to Be NC’ Festival here, an annual celebration of North Carolina’s rich agricultural history. While there, we caught up with NC Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Steve Troxler, in his fourth term and himself a farmer, for a conversation about labor, the new administration and agriculture, the future of NC ag, and how the state overcame the loss of tobacco as a dominant crop and introduced new crops that have thrived mightily, like sweet potatoes.

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