Source: NCDA&CS, 1/6/22

In mid-December, the N.C. Department of Agriculture lost an employee who not only meant a lot to the research station where he worked but to the community around the station. Dale Sheets had worked at the Upper Mountain Research Station in Ashe County since 2013, but he had a much longer, rich heritage with the Department of Agriculture. Teresa Lambert who grew up at the station and is now the director of the Research Stations Division in NCDA&CS, said Dale’s grandfather Gordon Sheets worked for the Transou farm that became part of the research station, and by all accounts that deal included bringing Gordon onboard to continue to help manage the farm.

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