Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T will announce the 2020 North Carolina Small Farmer of the Year during a ceremony streamed on Facebook Live at 11 a.m. Sept. 30. Farmers in Avery, Lenoir, and Robeson counties have been named finalists for award, which recognizes a small-scale grower in recognition of their commitment to their work, their community and North Carolina agriculture.

Dr. Antoine J. Alston, associate dean of academic studies in the College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, delivered the keynote address – The United States’ Cooperative Extension Service: Historical Perspectives, Current Programming, and its Potential Impact for Urban Agriculture – at the sixth-annual Urban-Ag Academy at Iowa State University on July 12.

GREENSBORO, NC - When Rosalind Dale began her Extension career in the 1990s, she had no long-term plan to become an administrator and a leader. But career paths can take interesting twists and turns, and Dale’s journey eventually landed her in North Carolina, where in 2015 she became the first female administrator of Cooperative Extension at North Carolina A&T State University.