Industry News

09/27/2008: North American Truffle Growers' Association (NATGA) joins the American Mushroom Institute (AMI).

09/02/2008: Australia doubles Black Truffle production from previous year.

06/05/2008: Piedmont Valley Truffles featured in Builders & Leaders magazine.

06/02/2008: Betty & Grant Duckett started Canada's first producing truffle farm with 5,000 trees in British Columbia.

05/29/2008: Yadkin Valley Living Magazine interview with Jack & Aron J Ponticelli.

04/16/2008: Jack & Aron J Ponticelli discuss the Old Farmer's Almanac on ABC's primetime 20/20 news program.

02/23/2008: The Truffle Industry in Europe is under threat from global climate changes.

01/03/2008: Europe struggles during this year's Black Truffle season.

12/02/2007: One of the largest truffles found in decades is sold at charity auction for record price.

10/08/2007: White Truffle prices have surged this season due to the falling value of the dollar and unfavorable European weather.

09/01/2007: Australia & New Zealand now producing in the Southern Hemisphere and are beginning to supply Europe and Asia during the traditional off-season.

02/28/2007: Piedmont Valley Truffles friend and fellow truffle farmer, Tom Michaels, interviewed in the New York Times Dining & Wine column.

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02/07/2007: Piedmont Valley Truffles partner Franklin Garland appeared on the Martha Stewart Show hunting for truffles with Martha at the Rick & Jane Smith's farm in North Carolina.

Industry Events

First Annual Gourmet Truffle Festival
Sponsored by NATGA & Piedmont Valley Truffles
March 5-8, 2009 | Biltmore Estate - Asheville, NC

North American Truffle Growers' Association (NATGA)
Annual Members Meeting
February 7, 2009 | Winston-Salem, NC

Oregon Truffle Festival
January 30-February 1, 2009 | Eugene, Oregon