Farms, Food and You
Issues in agriculture affect not just farmers. They influence our lives every day. Explore these issues with NC State University experts and others with ties to agriculture and food-related industries in North Carolina and beyond.
The Quest for Net Zero
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Show Time at the State Fair
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Get Curious with Urban Entomologists
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A New Leader for CALS
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Pollinator Gardens And You
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Keeping the Bees Buzzing
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Farming with Artificial Intelligence
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Open Sesame Seeds
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Finding Your Niche
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Building a Community Garden
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‘Tis the Season for Poinsettias
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This Truffle’s No Trifle
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The North Carolina State Fair, So Happy Together
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Be Prepared for Hurricane Season
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Spotting the Spotted Lanternfly
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Muscadine So Fine
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Plants in Space
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Keep Those Bee Hotels Buzzing
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The (Turf)grass is Always Greener on the Other Side
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Carolina Gold Rice Rush
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New, Emerging Crop: Cigar Wrapper Tobacco
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North Carolina ‘Hops’ to it
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Hemp: North Carolina’s Budding Industry
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Climate Change and Agriculture
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One-on-One with NC Farm Bureau’s Shawn Harding
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Why Farmers Need Good Internet
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Growing NC Food Entrepreneurship
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Adversity Meets Ingenuity for Food Entrepreneur
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John Dole: Filling the Rising Need for Ag Grads
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Veterans in NC Agriculture
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NC Agriculture and Food: A Look-Back and Ahead
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Farmland Challenges in a Fast-Growing State
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Taking Farm Tech to the Next Tier
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Brandon Batten: Putting Advanced Farm Tech to Work
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Extraordinary Farmer, Extraordinary Eggs
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What’s New with N.C. Hemp
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One-on-One with N.C. Agricultural Research Service’s Steve Lommel
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Giving Back: Kamal Bell and Sankofa Farms
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Initiatives to Make N.C. a $100 Billion Powerhouse
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Waste Solutions: From Farm Waste to Feed, Fertilizer and Energy
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Waste Solutions: Vermicomposting
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Sweet Success With Sweetpotatoes
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Growing Giants
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One-on-One With Rich Bonanno
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Agritourism: Heading Out to the Farm
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Community Gardens: To Plant Is To Believe
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Local Food, Local Opportunities
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The Future of North Carolina Agriculture
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Farmworker Health and Safety
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The Dine-In Revival
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The State of North Carolina Agriculture
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How That Pig Got to the Market
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$95.9 Billion
Food, fiber and forestry industries contribute over $95.9 billion annually to North Carolina’s economy. That’s 16% of the state’s $592 billion gross state product, according to “Agriculture and Agribusiness: North Carolina’s Number One Industry.”