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Building Better Probiotics: Allie Briner Crawley

2017

CALS student Ryann Rossi studies mangroves

May 12, 2017

Saving Mangroves: Ryann Rossi

Off in the Caribbean, Ryann Rossi dives deep into the region’s mangrove ecosystems. Mangroves are beneficial both environmentally and economically. These halophytes — plants adapted to grow in saltwater —… 
Helicopter lifting hay bale to animals on Cherry Research Farm in wake of Hurricane Matthew.

May 12, 2017

Saving A Research Station

As waters rose the day after Hurricane Matthew, Cherry Research Farm braced for devastation -- and found a wave of support from across the state. 
Kristin Feierabend is NC State Extension’s first statewide urban area agent. What does that mean? She’s working with communities to decide.

May 12, 2017

Bright Lights, Big City For Extension

NC State Extension's Urban Area Specialist Kristin Feierabend is the first to focus on urban areas statewide. 
Ken Pecota in a sweet potato field.

May 12, 2017

Digging In

Beneath your feet is a hidden world, vital for human survival. CALS scientists are digging deep to find solutions for everything from water quality to food security. Building A Better… 
U.S. Army soldiers being trained in animal handling thanks to a partnership between CALS and CVM.

May 12, 2017

Soldiers In The Field

Partnering with the College of Veterinary Medicine, NC State Extension helps provide hands-on farm animal training before U.S. soldiers deploy to countries with agricultural economies. When Staff Sgt. Angelsea Sorrells reported… 
Johnny Barnes and Bryan Salmons in a facility where sweet potatoes are packaged for sale.

May 12, 2017

Executive Decisions

With a recent gift to CALS, alumnus Johnny Barnes is making sure others with similarly complex agribusinesses can access first-rate continuing education. 
Satellite in space, with view of Earth

May 12, 2017

Houston, We Have Tomatoes

For more than two decades, CALS researchers have been working with NASA to develop food solutions for astronauts. The findings have implications not only for long-term space missions, but also… 
CALS faculty and staff worked with legislators and growers to shape and implement policy.

May 12, 2017

Law And Order: Ag Unit

When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the most sweeping reform of food safety laws in nearly a century, North Carolina fruit and vegetable growers needed a hand adapting their operations. CALS faculty have been working with partners statewide to meet those needs. 
mother and daughter looking at fresh produce at farmers market

May 12, 2017

Top Of The Local Food Chain

Thanks in part to the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, it’s getting easier for North Carolinians to find fresh food from local farmers in grocery stores, restaurants, schools and farmers markets. 
Allie Crawley, Ph.D. student and CRISPR researcher

May 12, 2017

Building Better Probiotics: Allie Briner Crawley

Allie Briner Crawley Ph.D. student, Functional Genomics Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences When Allie Briner Crawley started at NC State, she had never heard of CRISPR. But the revolutionary…