Alice Manning Touchette

Sep 9, 2024

Conservation, Education and Beauty

With Tony Avent quickly approaching retirement, his gift of the Juniper Level Botanic garden to the JC Raulston Arboretum inspired NC State to establish an endowment with an ambitious $20 million goal to maintain the 28-acre research garden and its massive plant data collection. 

Aug 16, 2024

Food, Fiber and Functional Beauty

The NC State Plant Breeding Consortium addresses global challenges in food security, nutrition and agricultural sustainability by cultivating high-yielding, disease-resistant plant breeds. 

Aug 2, 2024

Kirby, Monks Named Interim Co-Directors of NC State Extension

Sarah Kirby and David Monks will become the interim associate deans and directors of NC State Extension when Richard Bonanno departs at the end of August. 

Jul 16, 2024

Research Road Trip

Dean Garey Fox hit the road this summer not for vacation at the beach or the mountains, but rather to tour several of the 18 Research Stations NC State operates in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.  

Feb 23, 2024

Louws Announced as a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor

Twelve professors in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences were recently named William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professors. 

Aug 30, 2023

A New Leader for CALS

On this episode of Farms, Food and You, preview what’s coming up for CALS this fall and in years to come as new Dean Garey Fox lays out his vision. 

Jun 28, 2023

Pollinator Gardens And You

In honor of National Pollinator Month, we’re chatting with Danesha Seth Carley, co-author and research associate professor in NC State’s Department of Horticultural Science, about how to build pollinator gardens. 

Jun 20, 2023

A Big Stinking Premiere

A distinctive rotten smell will soon be in the air at JC Raulston Arboretum when a new corpse flower named Wolfgang blooms. 

Mar 15, 2023

The Gift of Green Space

The legacy of Henry Steinmetz, an immigrant who helped design Nash Square in downtown Raleigh, lives on through an endowment to support the next generation of horticulturists. 

Dec 14, 2022

‘Tis the Season for Poinsettias

This time of year, tabletops, lobbies and front doors are adorned with the rich red velvety leaves of the unofficial Christmas flower: the poinsettia. This episode of Farms, Food and You discusses the poinsettia’s surprising history and its colorful future.