Extension

Lettuce leaves growing in a container garden

Sep 14, 2022

Quick Planting Guide for a Successful Fall Harvest

Just because summer is ending doesn’t mean your garden has to! Here are a few ways to keep your green thumb active this fall.

Sep 13, 2022

Two Gifts Benefit Historic Millstone 4-H Camp

Support from the Farm Credit Associations of North Carolina and James W. Clark Jr. will help shape the future of the more than 80-year-old camp.

Flooded agricultural fields after Hurricane Matthew

Sep 2, 2022

Be Prepared for Hurricane Season

September is National Disaster Preparedness Month, and here in North Carolina, that includes bracing for peak hurricane season. This episode of Farms, Food and You discusses how NC State Extension helps counties prepare and recover from these destructive storms.

Hops, specifically the cones, in Western North Carolina

Aug 25, 2022

NC State Hops Breeding Research Receives NCDA&CS Backing

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is providing grant funding to the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center to develop new hops varieties for the state’s booming craft beer industry.

Aug 22, 2022

Extension is There When Disaster Strikes

North Carolina has miles of coastline, major rivers, mountains, foothills and plains. While those features make the state a beautiful place to live, they also make it a near certainty that we all will be impacted by severe weather at some point.

Aug 17, 2022

Spotting the Spotted Lanternfly

As we head into harvest season for grapes, North Carolina vineyards are on the lookout for a particularly unwanted guest—the spotted lanternfly. Learn how to spot and report this pest in this episode of Farms, Food and You.

Aug 10, 2022

Keeping Workers Safe on the Farm

The Farmworker Health and Safety Education Program provides educational opportunities and resources that benefit workers and the farms that employ them.

Mariana Prieto Torres at a lab bench with a notebook

Jul 27, 2022

Colombia Native Excited About FFAR Fellowship Opportunity

CALS Ph.D. student Mariana Prieto Torres loves translational science. As a FFAR Fellow and international student, she is excited to learn how to better share her research with growers worldwide.

Vacationer Supported Agriculture (VSA) connects farmers to tourist through NC State Extension agitourism.

Jul 22, 2022

From Farm to Vacation Rental Table

In several counties around the state, out-of-town visitors can participate in a farm-to-stovetop program called Vacationer Supported Agriculture.

Jul 21, 2022

Solving the Stormwater Upstream Battle

From his passion for water to his interest in history, Bill Hunt's career has been filled with full-circle moments.