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Aug 16, 2024

Food, Fiber and Functional Beauty

The NC State Plant Breeding Consortium addresses global challenges in food security, nutrition and agricultural sustainability by cultivating high-yielding, disease-resistant plant breeds. 

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Aug 16, 2024

Extension Celebrates More Than a Century of Service

Branching out from its agricultural roots, but remaining true to its historical mission, Extension has also evolved to address an array of modern issues. 

two women stand with a cow on a research farm

Aug 16, 2024

Innovation. Infrastructure. Industry.

Recent tech upgrades to the Reedy Creek Educational Units have allowed an innovative startup to measure greenhouse gas emissions directly from a cow's gut and send the data to the cloud. 

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Oct 18, 2023

Agritourism: Benefiting Farmers + Communities

Learn why farmers, entrepreneurs and the next generation are utilizing creativity and ingenuity to draw visitors—and profits—via experience-led agriculture. 

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Oct 18, 2023

Full Circle

Amanda Hadden, a 2023 graduate of the Agricultural Institute at NC State, tells the story of her educational journey in her own words. 

Oct 18, 2023

Taking 4-H for a Spin

4-H’ers can pursue passions from improv to IT in short-term special interest or spin clubs across the state. 

A bottle of social house vodka in a corn field.

Oct 18, 2023

Community Spirits

You’ve heard the phrase, “it takes a village.” When it comes to Social House Vodka’s step into agritourism, it takes a village, a farmer, an entrepreneur and a gaggle of NC State researchers.  

five individuals stand in a river with oyster cages

Oct 18, 2023

One Oyster At A Time

From the salty breeze of the Outer Banks to the winding undulations of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a new food trail is introducing people to a rather misunderstood creature: the eastern oyster. 

Scientist in lab with plants

Oct 18, 2023

Adventures in Life Sciences

CALS life sciences alumni are finding—and even creating—their dream careers, from labs to zoos, in human health and data science, in rural and urban settings. 

Clyde Sorenson stands behind a computer screen at the front of the class

Oct 18, 2023

9,000 Students and Counting

A lively class on insects inspires students’ appreciation for the natural world and for the teaching skills of the professor who makes the course unforgettable.