Made in NC
Made in NC
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Made in NC: Asheville becomes hub of state's growing craft beer industry
Made in small batches by independent, local breweries, craft beer from North Carolina is becoming popular, nowhere more so than in Asheville, home to a dozen small breweries with more on the way. NC's roughly 85 craft brewers are earning national recognition and drawing hordes of enthusiasts, some...
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LOCAL/STATE
Oyster rising: Farmers work to propel aquaculture in NC
North Carolina oyster farms have been slow to take off despite efforts by state officials, scientists and fishermen. The industry here lags behind that of other Atlantic states, but the tasty products are good business and help the environment.
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ECONOMY
Made in NC: NASCAR industries keep gaining speed
Ninety percent of NASCAR teams are based in North Carolina, where some 25,000 jobs are tied to motorsports.
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BUSINESS
Made in NC: State’s clay makes great bricks
Before the Civil War, each North Carolina town might have had its own beehive brick kiln. The business has narrowed since then to a handful of modern, robotic plants scattered outside the state’s metropolitan areas.
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BUSINESS
Made in NC: Swan Quarter seafood company survives despite challenges
Mattamuskeet Seafood keeps producing fresh crabmeat, despite a shrinking local catch, competition from cheap imports and hard, mind-numbing work that owner Sherrie Carawan says Americans won’t do.
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MADE IN NC
Made in NC: Soft, comfy sofas? They're still manufactured here
Since 1990, North Carolina has lost more than 60,000 furniture-making jobs, mainly because many companies moved their operations overseas. But many companies in the state are still making upholstered furniture.
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LOCAL/STATE
Made in NC: New uses for an old standby – the sweet potato
For decades, Americans mainly consumed sweet potatoes in casseroles flowing with butter and marshmallows on Thanksgiving and Christmas. But in recent years this mainstay of North Carolina agriculture has charted new territories – on restaurant menus, in healthy drinks and as frozen french fries...
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WAKE COUNTY
Area recording studios turn dreams into CDs
Triangle recording studios capture music ranging from country picking and fiddling to chart-ready dance pop sounds, helping both veterans and beginners to reach their professional dreams. Recording studios and related businesses in North Carolina employ about 5,000 people.
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MADE IN NC
Far from the Rust Belt: Nucor makes steel in Hertford County
One of the world's most efficient and high-tech steel mills sits in a remote corner of Hertford County on the banks of the Chowan River, surrounded by pine forests, cotton fields and tobacco farms. Nucor's minimill is a far cry from the old grimy, sprawling steel plants of Pittsburgh or Gary, Ind.
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MADE IN NC
Made in NC: Kinston workers make Lenox china for the White House
Lenox Corp. operates the nation’s only fine-china factory in Kinston, where 285 workers turn out 3 million pieces of dinnerware each year.
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