NC Safe Plates – Certified Food Safety Manager Certification Class & Exam
North Carolina food service managers seeking “Certified Food Safety Manager” certification in order to meet the NC Food Code …
Agriculture & Food
NC State Extension connects farmers, agribusinesses and communities with vital research-based information and technology. Research at NC State targets society's grand challenges. Extension delivers this research directly into the hands of North Carolinians, helping them to translate knowledge into everyday solutions.
Greenhouse Diagnostics Workshop Set for March 1
Join us for an evening of hands-on education featuring researchers and industry professionals from around the region! The Foothills …
Commercial Poultry Grower Meetings
Please join us for the 2018 Commercial Poultry Grower Meetings. Register here for the meeting you wish to attend. 3 hours …
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When the outside temperature dips to 8 °F, I know it’s time for the ultimately easy one pot meal…. …
Foothills Ornamental Production Workshop
The 2018 Foothills Ornamental Production Workshop will be held at the Burke County Agriculture Center in Morganton, North Carolina. …
Periodical Cicada Hatch Expected in Western North Carolina in 2017
This is an article I wrote for the Spring 2017 edition of Nursery and Landscape Notes published by the North Carolina …
February Is American Heart Month!
February is American Heart Month! The focus of American Heart Month in February is on having a healthy heart! …
Don't Miss the Ornamental Production Workshop
The 2017 Foothills Ornamental Production Workshop will take place on Thursday, February 23 at the Burke County Extension Center in Morganton, …
Greenhouse Workshop Slated for January 31
The 2017 Foothills Greenhouse Production Workshop will take place on Tuesday, January 31 at Banner Greenhouses in Nebo, North Carolina. …
NC Safe Plates - Certified Food Safety Manager Certification Class & Exam
North Carolina food service managers seeking “Certified Food Safety Manager” certification in order to meet the NC Food Code …
Cutting Production Webinar Announced for Greenhouse Growers
Optimizing Rooting of Vegetative Annuals: Maximizing Performance Through Lighting, Temperature, Irrigation and Fertility Dr. Roberto Lopez Michigan State University Thursday, November 3, …
Tax Relief for Drought-Stricken Farmers in 25 North Carolina Counties
With all of the rain and flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew, it may be easy to forget that the …
Register for Nursery Field Day on September 23
The 16th Annual Nursery Crop Field Day will be held on Friday, September 23 from 8 a.m. to 3 …
Nursery Weed Field Day Slated for September 7
This event features on-site demonstrations and will focus on recent research from Dr. Joe Neal’s lab exploring the economics …
Haywood Cooperative Extension Center Offers NC Safe Plates: A New Case-Based Curriculum for Retail Food Safety Managers
North Carolina Cooperative Extension has a new option for North Carolina food service managers wishing to meet the NC Food Code …
What's in Season? Visit Haywood's Tailgate Markets & Roadside Stands to See What Our Farmers Have to Offer!
As the growing season winds down this fall don’t forget to visit Haywood County’s tailgate markets and roadside …
Spotted Wing Drosophila
Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) is a new and potentially devastating pest of fruit and vegetable crops in the South. …
Learn More Using the Resources Below
- Department of Entomology at the Vernon James Research and Extension Center
- Healthy Haywood presents Fitness Challenge
- NC Agricultural Chemicals Manual
- NC Climate Data
- NC Pest News
- NC Safe Plates Registration
- NCDA&CS Soil Testing Information
- USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
- WNC Green Industry News
4-H Extension Youth Programs and Webpages at NCSU
- Animal Science Extension
- Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center
- Vernon James Research and Extension Center
County Extension Programs
Information Portals
- Ag BioTech
- Executive Farm Management Program
- Extension Entomology - Insect Biology and Management
- Extension Plant Pathology
- Horticulture
- Industrial Hemp
- NC Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- NC Pesticide Safety Education
- NC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
- Official Variety Testing
More Extension Programs at NC State University
- Agricultural and Human Sciences
- Agriculture and Resource Economics Extension
- Apiculture and Beekeeping
- Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Crop and Soil Sciences
- Extension Soils Program
Partnerships and Organizations
- Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS)
- NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- NC State Climate Office
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