Posts Tagged ‘AGRICULTURE’
Alleghany Meats serving multi-county area
Seven months after the opening of the first meat processing plant in the Highlands, Alleghany Meats General Manager Chris Fuller is pleased with the number of livestock producers from across the area using the facility.
Read MoreHighland Ag Center running smoothly
How have the first two months gone for the Highland Agricultural Center?
Read MoreNew Alleghany Highlands Agricultural Center Breaks Ground
Agriculture Center Board Chairman Lloyd Bird was joined by other dignitaries as they broke ground on the new agriculture center that will serve farmers in Highland, Bath, Pendleton and Pocahontas Counties.
Read MoreHighland County Agricultural Center Reaches One Million Dollar Goal
With a final push from investors, the agriculture center now has the necessary funds to begin construction of the center that will serve Highland, Bath, Pocahontas and Pendleton Counties.
Read MoreAlleghany Highlands Agricultural Center Meat Processing Plant Closer To Start Of Construction
The Board of the Alleghany Highlands Agricultural Center meat processing plant north of Monterey, is close to starting construction on the 3900 square foot Phase One of the project.
Read MoreA Partnership With Highland Telephone Cooperative Brings More Funding For The Highland Agricultural Center
Highland County is one of only 11 localities across the US to get this kind of loan
Read MoreFuture Farmer wants an agriculture teacher
The president of the Future Farmers of America at Pocahontas County High School wants to know why she doesn’t have an agriculture teacher. Senior Kelsey Beverage told the Board of Education and School Superintendent she and her fellow FFA members need a real, full-time teacher, and soon.
Read MoreFirst Market of the season
The Highland Farmers’ Market offers a local option for putting food on your table. It gives local farmers one venue to raise money off of what they raise. It sometimes doubles as an arts venue. And as Market Master Bonnie Botkin reveals, it gives shoppers a good feeling to know where their food came from.
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