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Browse the calendar for N.C. PSI hosted events and events open to the public.
Please note that private events and meetings will not appear on this calendar. 

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Bladen County Sesame Field Day

Location 19847 NC Hwy 19847 North Carolina 131 Highway Bladenboro, NC 28320

Join us for an on-farm sesame field day at S & S Farms. We will discuss the basics of sesame production, share farmer experiences, and the future of this crop…

Alternative Crops Field Day

Oxford Tobacco Research Station 901 Hillsboro St, Oxford, NC 27565

Alternative Crops Specialist Dr. David Suchoff and Organic Commodity Associate Hannah Moshay will be highlighting three up-and-coming alternative crops in North Carolina: sesame, organic sunflowers, and hemp for fiber. With…

Wayne County Sesame Field Day

Carolina Butterbeans Farm 247 Clayton Rd, Princeton, NC 27569

Join us for an on-farm sesame field day at Carolina Butterbeans farm. We will discuss the basics of sesame production, share farmer experiences, and the future of this crop in…

CEFS: Cover Crops at the Small Farm Unit

Small Farm Unit at Cherry Research Farm

Join us in understanding cover crop use in Eastern North Carolina and how the Small Farm Unit at Cherry Research Farm optimizes cover crops!

Lunch & Learn: Twist Bioscience

Plant Sciences Building 840 Oval Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina

Twist Bioscience will host a lunch and learn to share Genomic tools and NGS workflow solutions to support genomic research in Agricultural research community.

NC PSI Entrepreneurship 101 & Networking

Plant Sciences Building 840 Oval Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina

Join us for a wonderful opportunity for NC PSI faculty and graduate students to learn about the path to entrepreneurship from ORC. Guest speaker and networking to follow. Seminar ABC

CEFS: Level 1 Introductory Racial Equity Training (Virtual)

ZOOM

This workshop offers a shared language, framework, and history for understanding how barriers inhibit equity in the food system. This training will help set meaningful goals and strategies to ensure…

NC PSI Entrepreneurship 101 Lunch and Learn

Plant Sciences Building 840 Oval Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina

Lunch and learn presentation in partnership with ORC to educate faculty and graduate students on the path to entrepreneurship at NC State. Seminar ABC

BugFest

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences 11 West Jones St, Raleigh, NC, United States

The largest bug-centered event of its kind in the entire country, BugFest educates and engages the public in science and the natural world. Museum guests participate in more than 100…

CEFS Lunch & Learn: Small-Scale Fruit Production (Virtual)

ZOOM

Join Melissa Bell, Center for Environmental Farming Systems Research Liaison and John Lyttle, NC Extension Agent, Durham County – Agriculture Agent (Small Farms & Local Foods) for the next installment…

BASF Two Minute Pitch Research Competition and Innovation Day

BASF RTP 26 Davis Drive Research Triangle Park

CALS and PSI graduate students and postdocs are invited to apply for an attendee and presentation slot at the BASF Two Minute Pitch Research Competition and Innovation Day. The invitation only…

NC PSI Hackathon

Plant Sciences Building 840 Oval Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina

This year, the PSI Hackathon is centered around Ag-tech innovation in the areas of bioinformatics, data science and hardware fabrication. Each one of these “tracks” will have one or more…

CEFS: 2023 NC Farm to Early Care & Education Institute

Rocky Mount Event Center

Network with Farm to ECE leaders and continue growing our movement in NC! Better understand the importance of community outreach, collaboration, and mentoring relationships in Farm to ECE programming. Participate…