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Last Dairy Farm in Mecklenburg County Sells for $24.6M, Making Way for Luxury Homes

A $24.6 million deal in August saw Shea Homes buy Westmoreland Dairy Farm in Huntersville. The sale marks the final chapter ...

Mecklenburg’s last dairy farm sells, will become residential neighborhood

According to Foundry, Westmoreland is the last operational dairy farm in Mecklenburg County. It goes by several names, including Westmoreland & Sons Farm. Thomas Westmoreland Jr., who was not involved ...
Courier-Tribune

NC AgVentures offers grant opportunity for family farms

Randolph County farmers and nonprofits that work with family farms can apply for a NC AgVentures grant.
Charlotte Observer

With little oversight, NC poultry farms raise 1 billion birds a year. Who pays the cost?

North Carolina’s poultry industry has taken flight. Farms now stand near the mountains, the coast and the state’s largest cities. The state’s largest ag industry raises more than 1 billion chickens ...
WUNC

Raw milk sales could continue in NC under Farm Act, as long as you're part of a herdshare

After receiving hundreds of phone calls and emails from raw milk drinkers and producers over the past week, North Carolina state senators scaled back a ban on sales that had been included in their ...
WMBF News

‘Part of your identity’: NC Farm worries future due to Highway 31 expansion project

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WMBF) - The future of Indigo Farms in North Carolina is back in jeopardy from an infrastructure project starting in Horry County. “It’s part of your identity, and losing that is ...