News
Best new foods coming to NC state fair 2025
The 157th annual North Carolina State Fair will open on Oct. 16 and run through Oct. 26 this year, featuring 88 new foods.
News
Gas prices drop, food costs climb as North Carolina prepares to honor the fallen
The Memorial Day weekend—a time to honor the brave service members who have sacrificed their lives for our nation's freedom—North Carolinians planning to travel or host gatherings can expect some financial relief at the gas pump, though grocery bills may see modest increases.
Opinion
Reforming NC’s healthcare system with fresh food and free markets
Food is medicine, and it must become an integral part of our healthcare strategy.
Opinion
Spring celebrations have a steep price this year
Each visit to my local supermarket is startling. The prices of milk, meat, and other basics seem to be skyrocketing. It doesn’t take much digging to find out that food prices have risen in the last three years at highest rate since the Great Inflation of 1979-1983.
News
Economist: Most food prices won’t go back down in 2024
At the recent 19th annual Agriculture Development Forum, Dr. Jeffrey Dorfman gave his predictions for agriculture's economic outlook. He warns that many people believe if inflation goes down, prices will too, but that may not be the case.
Opinion
Bug off and let people enjoy their food
Editor’s note: This opinion piece by Jon Sanders first appeared at American Institute for Economic Research. As the Decade of Forgetting lurches on, our self-appointed elites now no longer seem to know about food. For example, a July 20, 2022 headline from the BBC asked “Could grasshoppers really replace beef?” The correct answer — “No” — was of...
Opinion
Remembering our agricultural roots
Nearly half a million North Carolinians work in food processing plants. These workers rely on this sector to put food on their table, pay their mortgages, and secure a better future for their families; and these opportunities, along with the economic success of the state, are coming under fire as the Biden administration plans to...
Opinion
It’s Time for Raleigh to Unleash the Food Trucks
The capital city could learn a lesson about economic freedom from a neighbor down the road.
Opinion
The Fatal, Foolish Free-Lunch Fantasy
Is there a worldwide shortage of rice? No, but rice is more scarce in some regions than it has been in recent years, and there is an ongoing debate over what the next policy steps should be. This apparent worldwide food crisis owes to a crippling confluence of wishful-thinking monetary policies and other programs that have dramatically increased the scarcity and cost of providing basic foodstuffs on which the world's poorest populations especially need for survival.
Opinion
The Battle Against Big Food
Some people would like the government to dictate whether you can splurge at the dessert bar.
Opinion
Cuke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Cannoli Battle Darth Tater
Now playing on the World Wide Web—and at your local grocery—"Store Wars," an organic documentary in which Cuke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Cannoli (assisted by the speech-challenged ChewBroccoli) battle Darth Tater for the ultimate prize: consumer loyalty.
