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CALS' educational messaging campaign highlights how what we Think and Do grows local economies, delivers science-based solutions to local challenges, creates new opportunities and helps rural students find their path to NC State.

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Problem-solving is in our DNA. It's what happens when we Think and Do.
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Richard Linton

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Women in Agritourism

As agritourism increases in prominence across North Carolina, women are instrumental in its development, maintenance and innovation.

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Jun 19, 2018

Inside the Box: NC State Indoor Farming Research Gets Boost

CALS’ Ricardo Hernandez breaks new ground when it comes to controlled environment agriculture, the increasingly popular practice of producing crops indoors. A recent gift boosts his research and teaching programs.

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Jun 18, 2018

BAE Student Selected for ACC Fellowship Program

Carrie Sanford, a student in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAE), was selected for the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Consortium (ACC AC) Fellows Program in Creativity and Innovation.

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CALS Magazine Read More From the Latest Issue

From Factory Floor to Honors Student

From teenage packing plant worker to animal science student and mentor, Sampson County’s Selena Ibarra is a first-generation college student who refused to quit.

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You Tell Us: What Do You Want To See In Rural NC’s Future?

We asked CALS friends and stakeholders across the state: What do you want to see in rural North Carolina's future? How can CALS help?

Find Out What Friends of the College Had to Say

This is Sparta

Some students from rural see college as their ticket out of country life -- but Alleghany County native David Cox is fighting to go back and stay.

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Leading the Way

$1.5B

NC State ag research has a massive economic impact on rural North Carolina.

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The Covington sweet potato, developed at NC State, makes up 20% of the U.S. sweet potato market.

$25M

CALS research has generated more than $25 million in licensing revenue since 2011.

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Science to Scoops

NC State's Dairy Enterprise System is a one-of-a-kind initiative that's moo-ving North Carolina agriculture forward. Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at how NC State is growing the North Carolina dairy industry.

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I AM CALS: Mario Lopez

Seventeen years after completing basic training and working his way up to warrant officer, Mario Lopez got a new assignment from the U.S. Army: enroll as a first-year student in CALS.

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90th NC FFA State Convention

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4-H Electric Congress

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4-H Electric Congress

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