News

Feb 2, 2011

N.C. Vegetation Management Association increases its scholarship endowment

The North Carolina Vegetation Management Association (NCVMA) has doubled its scholarship endowment in the N.C. Agricultural Foundation Inc. to provide annual merit-based scholarships. 

Feb 2, 2011

What's happened to total debt?

Everyone knows the federal government has borrowed a tremendous amount of money over the past couple of years. So why are interest rates still low? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden responds. 

Feb 2, 2011

CEFS will host USDA deputy secretary

The Center for Environmental Farming Systems will host lectures by Dr. Kathleen A. Merrigan, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Feb. 9 at N.C. State University and N.C. A&T State University. 

Feb 2, 2011

Low-impact development project wins state award

A N.C. Cooperative Extension-led educational project on development practices to protect water quality recently won a top award from the N.C. Chapter of the American Planning Association. 

Feb 1, 2011

Raising the debt limit

Periodically Congress and the President must agree to increase the country's debt limit to allow the government to continue borrowing money. Every time this issue arises, it sparks intense debate. What would happen if the debt limit were not increased? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden answers. 

Jan 31, 2011

South Central advisors are 'Hungry to Help' those in need

Children who rely on school meals for food will have an easier time getting through the weekends, thanks to the efforts of about 120 volunteers with N.C. Cooperative Extension. In late January, these advisers and extension employees gathered to package more than 3,500 meals that will provide some weekend meals for school children in extension’s South Central District. 

Jan 31, 2011

Wiggle room in the federal budget

Many people want to balance the federal budget by focusing on reducing government spending. How easy is that? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden weighs in. 

Jan 31, 2011

New garden book available

Eleven years ago, North Carolina Cooperative Extension launched the newsletter Extension's Successful Gardener to address the high demand for gardening information across the state. Founding editor Leah Chester-Davis has joined with team member, Extension agent and acclaimed garden-book author Toby Bost to produce a book with some of the newsletter's best material. 

Jan 28, 2011

Superbugs from swine?

New research from North Carolina State University and Kansas State University shows that the common pests that live on the swine farms acquire antibiotic-resistant bacteria and have the potential to spread these bacteria. 

Jan 28, 2011

Strawberry breakfast a sweet start to Valentine's Day

Looking for a way to get Valentine's Day off to a sweet start? Try the strawberry blonde muffin recipe that a Johnson & Wales student developed as part of the N.C. Strawberry Project, a partnership with N.C. State University.