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Source: Bill Cresenzo, KINSTON FREE PRESS, 9/4/16
North Carolina has a rich agricultural history, and throughout the centuries it has been an industry that continues to change, evolve — and shrink.“No nation has ever had so few people actually farming,” J. Paul Lilly, a professor at N.C. State University, wrote in a 1990s paper, “Agricultural History of North Carolina,” now published on the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services website. For more of this story, click here.
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