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Jan 18, 2012

Acidified foods workshop offered in Asheville

The "Acidified Foods Better Process Control School" will be held in Asheville Feb. 22-24. This entrepreneurs' workshop will be led by the N.C. State University Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences Extension Program, in cooperation with the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 

Jan 18, 2012

The ghost of Irving Fisher

Our economy is so large and so complex that understanding it requires some kind of paradigm or framework. But there can be many competing frameworks, which gives us many ways of looking at the economy. N.C. State University economist Mike Walden takes a look at a framework that has been revived – one proposed by long-departed economist Irving Fisher. 

Jan 17, 2012

Changing economic ideas

With all that’s happened in the economy during the last four years, are economists reassessing some of their basic ideas about how the economy works? N.C. State University professor Mike Walden, who has taught economics for more than one-third of a century, weighs in. 

Jan 16, 2012

Inflationary signals

Next to jobs, inflation is perhaps the biggest economic concern of households. Do recent statistics indicate we have anything to worry about with inflation? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden responds. 

Jan 13, 2012

Kelly Bryant: Dancing with heart

An award-winning dancer talks about her experience with NC State's Dance Program and as an animal science major in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. 

Jan 12, 2012

Trends in North Carolina’s traditional industries

Tobacco, textiles, and furniture were the leading economic sectors in our state for almost a century, but over the past 30 years they have grown smaller and been replaced in their prominence by industries like banking, food processing and technology. N.C. State University economist Mike Walden considers the question of whether we are still seeing employment losses in the former Big Three sectors. 

Jan 12, 2012

Lifelong learners, lifelong leaders

Nutrition Leaders come together one last time as they wind up decades of service to N.C. State University’s seafood extension education program. 

Jan 11, 2012

N.C. MarketReady announces 2012 equipment funding cycle

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – The North Carolina Value-Added Cost Share (NCVACS) program, administered by N.C. MarketReady, is now accepting applications for the 2012 equipment cost share funding cycle. The program, funded by the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission, provides up to $50,000 to agricultural producers and processors seeking to purchase specialized equipment to start or grow a value-added operation. 

Jan 11, 2012

Marginal decision making

Economics is a discipline about helping people, businesses and governments make decisions about the best use of their resources. To make better decisions, do economists recommend the complete remake, or baby steps? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden responds. 

Jan 10, 2012

CALS grad leads People's Garden program

CALS grad Livia Marques leads the U.S. Department of Agriculture's popular and growing People's Garden Program.