Source: NCDA&CS, 9/8/21


Less that 24 hours after remnants of Tropical Storm Fred flooded areas of western North Carolina, staff at the Mountain Research Station in Waynesville began mobilizing to help farmers who needed a hand to recover. The flooding rains came on a Monday. On Tuesday, the aid effort began. “The morning following the flooding, we started calling producers in the hardest hit areas of the Bethel and Cruso communities to see how we could help,” said station employee Kyle Miller. “The entire station crew was involved, whether it was working with emergency management crews or working with producers to assess their needs and get them the resources they needed to get back on their feet.”

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