Source: Colin Campbell, NEWS & OBSERVER, 9/22/18


It’s hard to tell Jimmy Burch had a thriving crop of broccoli, turnips and other vegetables in his fields just over a week ago. After Hurricane Florence dumped 16 inches of rain in the Faison area, many of the fields look like a flat expanse of mud. A few dead brown stems poking out of the dirt are the only sign of the ruined crop. “It looks like there ain’t nothing there, and there ain’t nothing there,” Burch said. “This just breaks your heart right here.” Burch is one of the largest vegetable growers in North Carolina.

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