Planning and Planting a Fall Vegetable Garden in the Southeast
Ruby McSwain Education Center 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, NC, United StatesTuesdays, August 4, 2020, through August 25, 2020 – 6:30 pm–8:00 pm
Tuesdays, August 4, 2020, through August 25, 2020 – 6:30 pm–8:00 pm
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…
Tuesdays, August 4, 2020, through August 25, 2020 – 6:30 pm–8:00 pm
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…
Breeding Blueberries Along with Other Specialty Crops through Conventional and Modern Techniques: Helping Producers and Training of the Next-Generation Plant Breeders: Dr. Hudson Ashrafi, Assistant Professor with the Department of Horticultural Science
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.
Mondays, September 7 through October 26, 2020 – 6:30 pm–8:30 pm
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…
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