We Are Hiring! NC Alternative Crops & Organics Program
2/26/2024 – Our program has FOUR positions we are currently trying to fill. If you have always thought that …
Davie County Center will be closed tomorrow, Fri 03/29/2024 for the holiday.
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Owning your forest is fun. Managing your forest is a blast. Knowing how to accomplish that goal can be …
Raising livestock in pastures is a common farming practice. The forestland that surrounds those pastures is regularly left unused, …
10/12/2023 – Our western North Carolina based research and extension program has been very busy this summer with projects …
8/24/2023 – Forest farming is gaining in popularity across the nation. There has been a small number of university …
6/30/2023 – (edited from the official announcement) The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded a new grant through its new …
7/20/2022 – There are a number of events happening in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee on apples, tomatoes, …
Over the past few years, we have been saying it’s a matter of “when”– not “if”– the spotted lanternfly …
6/23/2022 – The NC Alternative Crops and Organics Program staff produced a colorful and informative update on everything going …
5/12/2022 – It is springtime in the mountains of western North Carolina and the staff in my program and …
2/9/2022 – I am happy to announce that the annual Organic Growers School Spring Conference will be live and …
2/7/2022 – The Appalachian Beginning Forest Farmers Coalition is offering a series of five free early evening webinars on …
8/11/2021 – Update: Love social media! We got a bunch of applications within just a few days. Thanks. 8/7/2021 – …
6/9/2021 – By Katherine Learn, graduate student/research assistant, and Margaret Bloomquist, research associate (this article was also sent to …
4/30/2021 – A student at Virginia Tech is doing a study on bloodroot and red trillium and has a …
3/6/2021 – In 2020, United Plant Savers, the NC Ginseng Association, and Living Web Farms put on a virtual …
2/28/2020 – Forest farming and growing native woodland botanicals make up a large part of my research and extension …
2/27/2020 – The Association for Temperate Agroforestry has a nice article in their latest newsletter about our Woodland Stewards …
Congratulations to Dr. Elsa Youngsteadt & Hannah Levenson for this excellent new book, available as a hardcopy for purchase …
6/7/2019 – The University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry has put together a series of podcasts on agroforestry. The …
This publication describes the lifecycle, scouting and treatment of the balsam wooly adelgid, a tiny, …
This publication describes how to provide a suitable habitat for many wildlife species without significantly …
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Phytophthora root rot is the most significant biotic threat to Fraser fir Christmas trees in …
This factsheet covers how and when to shape, prune and shear Virginia pine Christmas trees.
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