NC Department of Health and Human Services’ Sec. Mandy Cohen
May 7, 2020 briefing
17:00 – 20:13
“The food processing plants in our state are critical to our keeping up our food supply not only here in North Carolina …
Category: Beyond Bacon
Beyond Bacon is our blog where we will keep you informed on what’s happening in the NC pork industry.
NC Pork joins forces with barbecue cooks to give back; Smithfield donates a truckload
They weren’t cooking whole hogs and there wasn’t a judge in sight, but in mid-April, cooks from the North Carolina Pork Council’s Whole Hog Barbecue Series showed up to provide close to 5,000 servings of barbecue to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s…
Don’t worry, your bacon doesn’t come from China
Whether you’re eating bacon in the morning or pork chops at dinner, you can rest assured that your pork products are home grown.
North Carolina is one of the nation’s top pork producers and most of that meat stays right …
Essential, critical … and humble
The federal government has issued formal guidance to the nation about the “essential critical infrastructure workforce” and the “special responsibility” to maintain continuity amid a national effort to slow the spread of COVID-19.
It should be no surprise that farmers …
Follow the Lead of Farmers
The following was sent as a letter to the editor of local papers by a pig farmer and NCPC board member:
As Americans begin dealing with the spread of COVID-19, they can learn a lot from the example set by …
Pork: A Matter of the Heart
February is American Heart Month—a time to for us to turn our attention to “matters of the heart” – our heart health. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S., affecting many North Carolina families. Take time …
Keeping rural North Carolina strong remains a vital task for our pork industry
The news has been filled lately with more stories about the growing divide between North Carolina’s urban and rural communities. While larger cities are experiencing a wave of growth, many rural communities are struggling with declining populations and the continued …
Invitation to a pig show turns into a business opportunity for Transylvania County girl
It was an invitation to a livestock show that turned the McNealys into a pig family. Watching her friend parade around a show ring with a pig, 9-year-old Ella McNealy was hooked, and she soon convinced her parents to let …
Latest attack by N&O is false, harmful
The News & Observer published a story on the front page of the Sunday paper, written by a freelance writer and directly funded by a policy advocacy organization, that is factually incorrect and dishonest.
The story is inaccurate on three …
Reports from NC DEQ to General Assembly on animal operations
Here are reports from the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality to the General Assembly about animal operations for the past decade.
These document 24,551 inspections on permitted farms in the time period covered.
Additionally, these document complaints that inspectors acted …