Apr 15, 2020

How Produce Growers + Packagers Can Stabilize Retail Supply Chain During Coronavirus Pandemic

Producers are pivoting from food service to retail outlets. This blog delivers ideas for produce growers and packagers to move products into both the supply chain and consumers’ shopping carts.

Apr 14, 2020

Nash County 4-H Sews, Provides PPE to Help Fight COVID-19

The opportunity for 4-H’ers to aid in the fight against the pandemic arose when an employee of a local JOANN store approached Jane Tyson, the volunteer leader of Nash County’s Sew What? 4-H Club. Tyson knew that her advanced sewing group would be up to the task.

Apr 13, 2020

Shoppers, Meat Your Local Farmer

A new web directory called MeatSuite.com connects consumers with more than 70 farmers across the state selling pasture-raised meat in bulk.

Apr 13, 2020

What Fruit and Vegetable Growers Should Know About COVID-19

Useful information for fruit and vegetable growers about COVID-19.

Aerial view of Belltower and downtown Raleigh to the east of campus.

Apr 10, 2020

You Decide: What ‘Letter’ Will the Economic Recovery Follow?

A recovery from a recession can come in many different forms. What would you want a recovery to look like?

Apr 8, 2020

What We Know – And Don’t Know – About Food Safety And COVID-19

What do we know about food and COVID-19? How do we know it? We have answers.

Boxes of gloves, safety goggles and masks in a lab.

Apr 8, 2020

CALS Donates Protective Equipment, Supplies to Area Hospitals

CALS researchers donated truckloads of personal protective equipment including disposable gloves and N95 masks to area medical systems. Learn why two of them decided to give.

Apr 7, 2020

COVID-19 Resources for Alumni

The NC State Alumni Association has put together resources for members of the Pack who have been impacted by the coronavirus.

People sitting around a table and eating food

Apr 7, 2020

Extension COVID-19 Food Safety Resources Reach Far and Nationwide

Innovative thinking and the ability to rapidly deploy research-backed guidance has put NC State Extension food safety all over the map.

Apr 6, 2020

Strawberry Season Arrives Early and in Abundance

With strawberry season set to peak at about the same time as COVID-19, North Carolina producers are taking steps to ensure that consumers have safe access to one of the state’s most popular crops.