Food Safety Update for Western NC- May 16, 2024
Location: Produce Handling Facility, 74 Research Dr., Mills River, NC Date and Time: May 16, 2024 from 9:30 a.m. to …
Solar Development on Farmland: Chasing the Benefits of Agrivoltaics
[The short article is a reposting of Branan’s recent submission to Southern Agriculture Today] The emerging conflict between utility-scale solar …
Coming Regulatory Changes in Drone Pesticide Application
Interest in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones as they are more commonly known, for pesticide …
Farm to Fork Picnic - June 2nd at Fearrington Village
Farm to Fork Picnic The Farm to Fork Picnic, hosted by the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), returns to …
Register Now for a Spring Tour of the Pollinator Paradise Garden!
Spring tours of North Carolina Cooperative Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Demonstration Garden in Pittsboro start on May 11! The garden features over 225 …
Seasonal Recipes: Pasta & Summer Vegetables
Have more summer squash and zucchini than you know what to do with? Overwhelmed with carrots and broccoli? This …
Mushroom Almond Burger - Eating the Med Way
There’s nothing quite like the winning combination of that first warm spring day, a cold beverage, and a juicy …
Easy Veggie Recipes
One thing is for certain, major scientific-based research on human nutrition recommends that most of us need to increase …
New Year, New Tools for Success
We’ve all seen the statistics. One quick internet search produces several articles toting a very specific, and often discouraging, …
Tips to Make the Holiday Season Tasty and Healthy
Memories of our childhood can bring back fond emotions especially during the holiday season. We look forward to the …
Pumpkins: Delicious and Nutritious
It is fall. The time we begin thinking of making pumpkin pie. Pumpkin is so very versatile and can be …
Weaning Time
Weaning Calves As cow/calf farmers, one of the most stressful times is weaning. Weaning is not only stressful for the …