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Opinion: A year after Helene, N.C. Christmas tree farms are rebounding

by Beacon Media | Dec 22, 2025 | Agriculture, Hurricane Helene, Opinion, Western North Carolina

Hurricane Helene did a number on the five counties that make North Carolina the second-largest Christmas tree producing state. But today there is already a sense of optimism from local farmers.

Two worlds: One snuck cigarettes as a teen. The other labored in NC’s tobacco fields.

by Briana Brough | Nov 14, 2025 | Agriculture, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, Reclaiming Rural

Beacon Media’s Community Media Liaison Bri Brough, who is also a photographer, spent the day recently with Beacon Voice Yesenia Cuello and heard her story.

Opinion: The price of eggs isn’t my fault

by Beacon Media | Oct 11, 2025 | Affordability, Agriculture, Opinion, Reclaiming Rural

A Hillsborough, N.C., author and farmer knows about the economics of eggs from the perch of his small farm.

Opinion: A life in the shadows of North Carolina fields

by Beacon Media | Oct 7, 2025 | Agriculture, Latino Community, North Carolina

A former child farmworker and the daughter of immigrants reflects on her life and the current moment.

Melissa Castillo: Let’s stop breaking our promise to migrant workers  

by Beacon Media | Jun 18, 2025 | Agriculture, Local Organizing, Migration, North Carolina Community, Reclaiming Rural, U.S. Politics

The deportations happening in North Carolina are the continuation of a long line of broken promises to our migrant workforce.

President Jimmy Carter’s Christian legacy

President Jimmy Carter’s Christian legacy

by Stevie Brooks | Jan 13, 2025 | Agriculture, Business, Elections, Faith, Hurricane Helene, Politics, Reclaiming Rural, Stevie Brooks, U.S. Politics

Writer and organizer Stevie Brooks says remembering President Carter’s legacy should prompt some religious reflection in North Carolina.  

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