By John Trump Jonathan Blitz makes and sells whiskey. He and his team make the whiskey in Durham, at Mystic Farm & Distillery. They sell the whiskey from the distillery, and in state-controlled Alcoholic Beverage Control stores. But they can’t sell it online, per Chapter 18B of the N.C. General Statutes. Blitz, like most N.C. distillers,…
Bill forcing schools to serve Muscadine juice should die on the vine
By John Trump A bill filed in the House last month is meant to encourage healthy eating in schools, particularly healthy food grown or produced in North Carolina. Thing is, this bill does nothing of the sort. The measure, House Bill 136, promotes Muscadine grape juice in public schools and the state’s colleges and universities —…