Caitlin Boon is a CALS alum, and her husband, Tomas Carbonell, is an NC State alum

Feb 1, 2017

AgPack Strong: Caitlin Boon Speaks Up For Food Safety

From a Wolfpack baby bottle and her first 4-H presentation at age 9, senior FDA official Caitlin Boon has a long history with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

CALS Agricultural Institute student Roman Lawrence.

Jan 10, 2017

Student Spotlight: Roman Lawrence Learns To Lead

Poultry Science major Roman Lawrence credits his experience in the Agricultural Institute with helping him overcome his former shyness.

Nov 23, 2016

AgPack Strong: All in the Family

What does it take to run one of the largest turkey operations in North Carolina? Read on to hear from Paul Talley, a grad of the Prestage Department of Poultry Science.

Nov 22, 2016

One Turkey At A Time

With no viable treatments, potential Blackhead disease outbreaks could wipe out turkey flocks. Associate Professor of Poultry Science Robert Beckstead is researching new ways to treat the disease and keep flocks strong.

CALS student Susan Jones, a poultry science and agricultural education double-major in the lab testing eggs.

Nov 9, 2016

The One Who (Almost) Got Away

A junior double-major in poultry science and agricultural education, Susan Jones is now a CALS Ambassador representing the college. And we were one paragraph away from losing her.

Peter Ferket, Interim Head, Prestage Poultry Science

Nov 7, 2016

CALS Names Interim Head of Prestage Poultry Science

Dr. Peter Ferket will serve as the interim head of the Prestage Department of Poultry Science, effective January 1, 2017.

Sep 9, 2016

Student Spotlight: Entrepreneur Builds Steam at NC State

From an early age, Ben Alig has taken an entrepreneurial approach to life. Now, he's a junior studying poultry science and agribusiness management at NC State University, having come through the university's unique STEAM program.

NC State student shows young boy a chick.

Apr 15, 2016

Farm Animal Days: Connecting Agriculture and Education

NC State University's annual Farm Animal Days lets area children experience agriculture up close and hands on with the guidance of CALS experts. Field days are important because agriculture is crucial to the North Carolina economy – and more than two-thirds of that contribution is generated by farm animals.

Close shot of a turkey in poultry building with white feathers.

Feb 8, 2016

Extension helps spread word about avian flu threat

With authorities on high alert for avian influenza this fall and winter, North Carolina Cooperative Extension reached out across the state with educational programs aimed at helping owners of backyard poultry flocks keep the virus at bay.

Brittany Whitmire and Andy von Canon with their dog on their farm.

Sep 20, 2015

Business and Busy-ness

Andy VonCanon and Brittany Whitmire call their family farm near Brevard “Busy Bee” – and what a fitting name it is. The two keep bees and raise cattle, turkeys and forage crops, all the while holding busy off-farm careers in agriculture. He’s a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumnus who teaches high school agriculture, and she’s the new dairy economist with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service at NC State.