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EPISODE · Jun 2, 2025 · 9 MIN

Good Stories That Grow: Tomatoes, Tech, and Trust

from Good Morning Wake County - Your Daily Dose of Good News · host Steve Rhode - Local Good News Podcast Host

In this feel-good episode of Good Morning Wake County, we head back to the Fuquay-Varina Growers Market to meet Alison Haggerty of Purple Martin Farm, who swapped logistics for heirloom tomatoes and now teaches us why knowing your farmer matters.Then we shift gears to the tech scene, where Scot Wingo and Robbie Allen just invested $9 million into startups at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park during the Raleigh-Durham Startup Summit. It’s innovation with a local soul — pulled pork included.And finally, we ride along with Kendrick Scott from Wake County Public Schools to check out new mobile command vans funded by the Center for Safer Schools — high-tech calm in plain white wrappers.It’s Stories of Good, Feel Good News, and Good News with deep local roots and universal heart.Subscribe & FollowJoin the community and get podcast notifications. ⁠⁠⁠https://tapyournews.com/good-morning-wake-county-podcast/⁠⁠

In this feel-good episode of Good Morning Wake County, we head back to the Fuquay-Varina Growers Market to meet Alison Haggerty of Purple Martin Farm, who swapped logistics for heirloom tomatoes and now teaches us why knowing your farmer matters.Then we shift gears to the tech scene, where Scot Wingo and Robbie Allen just invested $9 million into startups at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park during the Raleigh-Durham Startup Summit. It’s innovation with a local soul — pulled pork included.And finally, we ride along with Kendrick Scott from Wake County Public Schools to check out new mobile command vans funded by the Center for Safer Schools — high-tech calm in plain white wrappers.It’s Stories of Good, Feel Good News, and Good News with deep local roots and universal heart.Subscribe & FollowJoin the community and get podcast notifications. ⁠⁠⁠https://tapyournews.com/good-morning-wake-county-podcast/⁠⁠

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