Protect the Pollinator

Dwindling honey bee colonies are a growing ($15 billion) concern. Bees help pollinate 100 crops, providing invaluable support to the state's agriculture industry. And we're hard at work to protect them.

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

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CALS Dean

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To Educate and Celebrate

Hundreds of young people from every North Carolina county will converge in Raleigh for the annual 4-H Congress, an event as much about learning as it is about celebrating all that it means to be a 4-H'er.

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Jul 17, 2018

New Plant Sciences Research Projects Taking Shape

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences researchers and their partners near and far ramp up interdisciplinary plant research. Case in point: Researchers from NC State and three Danish universities have been working together to better understand plant-microbe interactions.

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Jul 17, 2018

AgPack Strong: A Family Affair

Ag Institute grad Jeremiah Jones raises Animal Welfare Approved free-range hogs; grows and processes his own feed; operates a non-GMO soybean processing facility for local farmers and is president of the North Carolina Natural Hog Growers Association. We caught up with Jeremiah and his wife Jessica (also a CALS grad) to learn more about their family farm and why they love what they do.

three men standing in an agricultural field (Nelson Powell at left)

'Don't be Afraid of Change'

CALS grad Nelson Powell (at left) never planned on a career in agriculture — until he enrolled in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and discovered a new passion.

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A New Type of Turf

World Cup mania may be dying down, but our research on turfgrass — especially a new type of hybrid grass for sports fields — is gaining steam.

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Leading the Way

$1.5B

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

5-to-1 ROI

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

95%

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

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CALS student Selena Ibarra at Hickory Nut Farm in Buncombe County.

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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CALS alum Archie Griffin on the family farm.

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?

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NCSU CALS Animal Science major David Cox

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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Jul21

Saturday

4-H Congress

Sep7

Friday 5:00 PM

CALS Alumni Awards Ceremony

Sep8

Saturday 9:00 AM

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Protect the Pollinator

To Educate and Celebrate

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