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Christmas tree farmers strike balance in production practices
Story Date: 12/14/2017
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Source: MOUNTAIN XPRESS, 12/1/17
Asheville loves its organic produce. The area is home to dozens of farmers markets, health food stores and farm-to-table restaurants, each promoting a commitment to crops raised without synthetic pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers. But the same shoppers who scrupulously avoid conventional fruits and vegetables may not think twice about the practices used to raise another of Western North Carolina’s agricultural mainstays — Christmas trees.
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