Stories From 2020
Engineering a New Path: Online Graduate Student Reflects on Career Change
For Jonathan Stephens, a graduate degree from NC State Online meant making a career change and landing his dream job with the Wolfpack. Now the soon to be Master of Biological and Agricultural Engineering graduate is sharing his journey to earning his degree.
How Animal Manure Could Help Reduce Agriculture’s Carbon Footprint
A new system developed by NC State researchers aims to decarbonize the agriculture industry.
Research for Better Farm Water Management: Not Too Wet, Not Too Dry
Improved water management systems being developed and tested by CALS researchers could help farmers raise yields and protect the environment.
Spectrum News: North Carolinians Adapt to Remote Working and Learning
Mark Samberg, Ph.D., director of technology programs at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation–part of the NC State College of Education–shares how teachers have been adapting to remote learning since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
Sweet Success With Sweetpotatoes
Sweetpotatoes are North Carolina’s state vegetable, and they’re not just for Thanksgiving anymore. Find out how North Carolina growers have positioned our state as the leader when it comes to production of this increasingly in-demand crop.
Farmer of the Year James Lamb Innovates in Two Roles
Clinton, NC Strategy: Combining off-farm employment with contract farming What a long way North Carolina’s 2020 Farmer of the Year James Lamb has come since March 19, 1990. Lamb’s life changed forever that day, when his dad died suddenly. He […]
Faculty Focus: Nelson to Help USDA Guide Agricultural Innovation
Natalie Nelson, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering was selected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to serve as one of the 11 subject matter experts for the USDA’s Agriculture Innovation Agenda.
Curious, Creative, Connected, Caring
Throughout his NC State career, engineer Mike Boyette has used these four Cs as a guide for transforming North Carolina agriculture and cultivating a cadre of alumni committed to making a difference.
Big Data for Better Sweetpotatoes
An interdisciplinary team led by Cranos Williams is setting out on a three-year project to use artificial intelligence to make sweetpotatoes even more profitable. The team will image hundreds of thousands of sweetpotatoes to increase the percentage of sweetpotatoes grown that are USDA grade 1.
How That Pig Got to the Market — and the Roadblocks Caused by COVID-19
Find out more in the first episode of Farms, Food and You, a CALS podcast series.