Recent Publicity

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"Susan Rice launched [BDFT] with plans to become North America's largest orchard of truffles."-- USA Today

"[Susan Rice] is determined to make the Tar Heel state famous for exotic fungi."-- NBC 17 TV Story

"...a good steward of the land and a good neighbor."-- Boom Magazine

"[BDFT] is staking nearly 25 million dollars on [its] vision to reinvent North Carolina as the truffle capital of the US."-- South Florida Gourmet: Radio Show

"[BDFT] will own the largest truffle orchard, or truffiere, in the country."-- Fayetteville Observer

"Susan Rice has a new vision for North Carolina's farms...growing rare truffles."-- Triangle Business Journal, Luxury Living

"Susan is now on a mission to fulfill her dream--to make North Carolina as important to truffle production as any place in the world."-- Carolina-Virginia Farmer

"...the farm is well on the way to developing into the largest truffle business in the United States."-- The Pilot

"North Carolina...is one of the few places in the world that can cultivate this rare crop."-- The Pilot

"So move over, tobacco--Rice is banking on truffles to become our state's new king crop."-- Business Leader