Source: Billy Carter, NORTH STATE JOURNAL, 5/29/19


Being a farmer in North Carolina means being resilient. In recent years, hardworking farm families in our state have been hit by devastating hurricanes, the decline of tobacco prices, labor shortages and tariffs. In the face of these trials, North Carolina farmers have adapted and reinvented themselves in order to survive. Thanks to the foresight of lawmakers with the recently introduced Farm Act of 2019 (Senate Bill 315), North Carolina farmers could receive a much-needed boost—this time by embracing a new cash crop.

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