Stories From Feb 2016
Mason Pharr Seminar: Why bees are disappearing by Dr. Spivak
This year the Mason Pharr Seminar committee is proud to announce that Dr. Marla Spivak from the University of Minnesota will be our speaker, Thursday, March 17, 2016. Dr. Spivak is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Apiculture and Social […]
2016 National Collegiate Landscape Competition
Spring is just around the corner, and so is the National Collegiate Landscape Competition (NCLC)! This year will mark the 26th year that NC State Horticulture students will participate in this event. Alumni may remember the event as ALCA or […]
106 countries and counting: NC State’s world-renowned vermicompost expert
“There are 25,000 worms in that building behind you,” North Carolina State University’s extension specialist Rhonda Sherman says with a proud smile. It’s not a large-scale infestation; it’s good science at work.
Success at the 2016 Weed Science Society of America Meeting
Last week, Sam McGowen, Nick Basinger, Dr. Katie Jennings, and Shawn Beam (left to right) traveled to Puerto Rico to attend the Southern Weed Science Society and the Weed Science Society of America joint meeting. While attending the annual meeting they […]
Extension helps spread word about avian flu threat
With authorities on high alert for avian influenza this fall and winter, North Carolina Cooperative Extension reached out across the state with educational programs aimed at helping owners of backyard poultry flocks keep the virus at bay.
PowerPack is the newest Howling Cow dairy product
Meet PowerPack, the newest member of the Howling Cow family of dairy products.