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Agriculture and the Microbiome CAST Webinar

Zoom

Agriculture is one of the keystones of human civilization, providing a reliable, stationary source of food that allowed ancient populations to grow and eventually build cities. Modern agriculture is successful today because of advances in mechanization, breeding, nutrients (e.g., fertilization), and pest and disease management, all of which enhance crop productivity and provide greater food…

Bread Baking As Opportunity

Bread baking presents us with countless opportunities: reflection, patience, nourishment, generosity, observation… and the list goes on and on and on!! In this session, Josey Baker will explore some of the opportunities he has found in his decade of bread baking, both from the perspective of a baker but also from the perspective of a neighbor and…

Hort Club Seminar: Sam Van Aken – Nature-Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial

Join the Hort Club and hear Sam Van Aken, their guest speaker via Zoom on Monday, August 31st, 6:30 pm. Sam Van Aken is a contemporary artist who works beyond traditional modes of art making, crossing artistic genres and disciplines to develop new perspectives on such themes as communication, botany, agriculture, climatology, and the ever-increasing impact of technology.

Home Plant Propagation

JC Raulston Arboretum 4415 Beryl Rd, Raleigh, NC, United States

Mondays, September 7 through October 26, 2020 – 6:30 pm–8:30 pm

TREE Seminar: “Hydro Power. Market Might”

Zoom

TREE Seminar hosts Grant McDermott, assistant professor of economics at University of Oregon, on Thursday at 3 p.m. for a Zoom presentation of "Hydro power. Market might." A central tenet of economic theory is that market power induces deadweight loss. This claim rests on an assumption that is difficult to verify empirically. Namely, that dominant…