It’s Muscadine Time!
A grape smoothie is just one of many products with powerful potential, thanks to a CALS partnership with muscadine growers.
Bringing science to life
It’s an exciting time in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, a time when researchers are rapidly advancing our understanding of plants, animals, people and the world they live in – and a time when this knowledge is generating innovative solutions to some of the greatest challenges that face our state, nation and world.
Virus discovery holds mystery, potential
A previously unknown virus discovered by North Carolina State University scientists may hold keys to managing another virus that causes a debilitating disease.
Kelly Bryant: Dancing with heart
An award-winning dancer talks about her experience with NC State’s Dance Program and as an animal science major in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Lifelong learners, lifelong leaders
Nutrition Leaders come together one last time as they wind up decades of service to N.C. State University’s seafood extension education program.
North Carolina home economics legend Ada Dalla-Pozza honored by NC State University Alumni Association
Ada Dalla-Pozza received the 2011 North Carolina State University Alumni Association Award of Merit. The Alumni Association awards honor alumni and friends of the university for their professional and personal accomplishments and their continuing support of NC State.
Campaign for beloved North Carolina FFA center gets jump start from Murphy-Brown LLC
Murphy-Brown LLC, livestock production subsidiary of Smithfield Foods Inc. and the world’s largest producer of pork products, kicked off a fundraising drive for the North Carolina FFA Center at White Lake with a $50,000 gift.
YOU DECIDE: What kind of economy will our youth inherit?
What kind of economy will “Generation Z,” people born between 1995 and 2010, inherit? Mike Walden discusses.
CEFS hosts workshops on ginger, shiitake mushroom production
Two upcoming workshops in Goldsboro will focus on the production of ginger and shiitake mushrooms. Details and registration information on the two workshops are listed below. For more information, visit the Center for Environmental Farming Systems’ website, www.cefs.ncsu.edu.
Specialist shows how ‘Ozzie and Harriet’ scenario was not norm
Amidst hectic family lives, it is tempting to recall the days of “Ozzie and Harriet” families, where Dad returned home from work each day to sit down to dinner with Mom in a dress and pearls and 2.3 kids. But a study by an N.C. State University faculty member shows that the nostalgic family of television fame was not the norm of American society that we believe today.
Website for blackberry, raspberry growers wins award
N.C. MarketReady received the Southern Region American Society for Horticultural Science Extension Blue Ribbon Communication Award for its Blackberry & Raspberry Growers Information Portal.
Is government a business?
We’re in an important political election year, and so many political issues are being discussed. Some people argue that government should be run like a business. But what does this mean? And can it work? N.C. State University economist Mike Walden answers.
Headlines
- Extension service tackles big challenges (Jefferson Post)
- Farmers market's genetics (Charlotte Observer)
- Hundreds expected for Asheville vegetable conference (Asheville Citizen-Times)
- In uncertain climates, birds will sleep around (Discovery News)
- State using videos to help grocery shoppers buy healthier (WFMY-TV)
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