The 39th annual Small Farms Week — North Carolina A&T State University’s annual tribute to small-scale agriculture — is set …
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Small Farms Week 2025 To Explore the Next Generation of Agriculture
Regional Small Farms Conference Helps Farmers Grow Their Knowledge
More than 130 guests from across three states joined interests and expertise to co-host, and attend, Cooperative Extension’s first Regional …
Registration Opens for Small Farms Week 2025’s Salute to Next Gen Agriculture
Online registration for Small Farms Week, N.C. Cooperative Extension’s 39th annual celebration of small-scale agriculture, is now open, offering a …
Extension Specialist Promotes Organic Growing at Farmer-Focused Conference
Organic agriculture is booming — but not as quickly in the Southeast as elsewhere in the United States.
SAS Institute, NC AgrAbility Partner to Support Farmers with Disabilities
NC AgrAbility, a program aimed at helping farmers, ranchers and other agricultural workers with disabilities, provided a way back to …
Demetrius Bledsoe, CEO of Harvest 365, is keynote speaker for 2025 Small Farms Week
It was wrestling, not crops or cows, that led Demetrius Bledsoe to a career in agriculture. “I went to Iowa …
Senator Berger Gets Look at N.C. A&T’s “Farm of the Future”
When North Carolina Senate Leader Phil Berger wanted to learn more about the way technology is impacting the state’s top …
More Partnerships, More Empowered People: Cooperative Extension’s Eley Sets Tone for National Organization
Small-Scale Farmers Get Tips on Growing and Promoting Specialty Produce
Peter Smith and his son, Peter Smith, Jr., stopped by the N.C. A&T University Farm on their way back to …
Honey Farm Provides Sweet Ending to 2025 Small Farms Week
About 90 participants journeyed to Secret Garden Bees honey farm in Linden, N.C., which is owned by 2024 Small Farmers …
Student “Chats” Tackle Agricultural Issues
Friendly, but impassioned, debate on pros and cons of various issues in agriculture engaged students in Ag Chat sessions, held …
Youngest USDA-Certified Farmer Steals Hearts at Small Farms Week 2025
Kendall Rae Johnson’s bubbly personality and cheery smile easily won over the crowd at Small Farms Week 2025.
Raised Garden Beds Bring the Farm to Hungry Aggies
If North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University students can’t go to the University Farm, well then, the farm will …
4-H Students Battle for Air, Land Dominance in 2025 Game of Drones
4-H student teams from fourteen schools across the state clashed at N.C. A&T’s Moore Gymnasium this spring, testing their coding …
Extension Brings Communities Together in the Garden
Rhonda Watlington had every intention of starting a small garden three years ago when she bought a raised gardening bed, …
Minor Named Interim Dean of N.C. A&T’s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
Immunologist Radiah Corn Minor, Ph.D. has been named interim dean of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) at …