As the importance of producing, selling and using renewable resources grows, experts want to ensure that even small farms are …
Month: October 2024
Conference’s Focus: Bringing Small Farmers into the Bioeconomy
News and Notes: October 2024
More than 100 students from all four departments within College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences made presentations to faculty and …
N.C. A&T Cooperative Extension Responds to Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene cut a devastating swath across Western North Carolina and through the state’s $111 billion agricultural economy.
“The Worst Natural Disaster..By a Long Way:” Troxler Discusses Helene with CAES Students
N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler addressed the impact of, and state response to, Hurricane Helene following its landfall in late …
N.C. A&T Extension Using Google Grant to Boost AI Education
Artificial intelligence increasingly plays a role in our lives. Mark Light, Ph.D., wants to ensure that North Carolina 4-H agents …
Using Data to Make a Difference: N.C. A&T Team Competes in SAS Hackathon
A team that includes eight graduate students and two faculty members from the Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Design …
2024 Grassroots Leadership Conference Aims to Help Leaders Reimagine Their Communities
Community leaders and volunteers from across North Carolina will come together Nov. 21 in Raleigh for the annual Grassroots Leadership …
Boosting Benbow: Students, Community Work Together to Plan a Park
When the nonprofit Benbow Park Community Association sought to improve its neighborhood park, association Vice President Chad Roberts tapped into …
CAES Alumni Celebrate, “Shout Out” Their Peers at Homecoming Cookout
More than 450 young and young-at-heart Aggies came to the Webb Hall lawn to dance, feast and fellowship during the …
Farmers, Extension Hit the Highway for Sustainable, Organic ‘Road Trip’
Some of the farmers joining N.C. A&T Cooperative Extension’s educational program had decades of experience. Others were, well, new to …
Ignite Scholar Jaliyah Shepherd: “Landscape Architecture…Was Perfect for Me”
As a child in Chicago, Jaliyah Shepherd would walk through the city’s park district and notice the way the buildings …