two white broad-breasted turkeys on grass

Turkeys Join Pack

CALS is welcoming the National Thanksgiving Turkey and its alternate, Chocolate and Chip, to their new home at NC State. This is the university's first time serving as the home of the National Thanksgiving Turkey.

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Our agricultural research has a massive economic impact on rural North Carolina.

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ROI: NC State Extension’s work helps fuel the N.C. economy by delivering solutions directly into the hands of the state’s citizens.

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Nearly all CALS students with high-need degrees graduate with jobs that have salaries well above the state’s median income.

How to Tell When Your Turkey is Done

Food-safety expert Ben Chapman shares research-based tips to help you prepare a safe and healthy holiday meal.

Make the perfect turkey

Podcast: Farms, Food and You

Genetic ‘Hitchhikers’ Can Be Directed Using CRISPR

NC State researchers use CRISPR to make large scale genetic changes to bacteria by co-opting a natural process.

Maggie Short holds cigar wrapper leaves from one of her research plots

Looping Back To Tobacco

Doctoral student Maggie Short is working with NC State Tobacco Extension Specialist Matthew Vann to develop nitrogen and potassium fertility recommendations for cigar wrapper leaves.

International Graduate Student Encourages Diversity in the Agricultural Sciences

CALS international graduate student Andrea Gómez Cabrera believes a diverse and inclusive academic environment benefits the work, research and daily lives of CALS community members.

CALS in the News

Bill Aimutis, the executive director of the NC State’s NC Food Innovation Lab, was featured on “The Plantbased Business Hour” podcast with Celia Homyak, the co-director of the Alt. Meat Lab at the University of California, Berkeley, to discuss plant-based food trends and innovation.

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scientists working in the NC Food Innovation Lab

Ruth and DJ Stokes with a tractor in the field

Tradition Meets Innovation

Fueled by their father’s passion for agriculture, Ruthie and DJ Stokes are keeping a family promise: do what you love. The fourth-generation farmers have found common ground in supporting producers back home and feeding a growing population.

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Tracy Taylor at a research station in the mountains

I Am CALS: Tracy Taylor

Tracy Taylor had big shoes to fill when he became Upper Mountain Research Station superintendent. Like his grandfather before him, he’s guiding the station in directions that meet farmers’ ever-changing needs.

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Our Rich Heritage

This issue looks at forgotten crops that are now in a renaissance and creating income for farmers, the continued tradition of transformative innovation that betters our lives and supports natural resources, and our rich legacy of research, teaching and Extension.

Dive Into CALS Magazine

Nov 28

Monday8:30 PM

Flourish: Zen Gardens

Dec 01

Thursday6:00 PM

Agri-Life Council

Dec 01

Thursday8:00 PM

Turkeys Join Pack

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