Surviving Hurricane Helene
Amidst the Chaos, Extension Staff Sprang into Action
Hurricane Helene – Story in Photos
The flood waters receded months ago and the national media has turned its attention elsewhere, but in western North Carolina, the impacts of Hurricane Helene are still seen and felt every day.
Small Farms
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“From Bright Leaf to Berkshires” Program Grows Sales, Opportunities for Ex-Tobacco Farmers
CASWELL COUNTY — Brandon Wiley, a fourth-generation owner of L.C.W. Farms in Caswell County, saw his family farm take a hit when North Carolina began to shift away from tobacco farming in the 1990s.
Nutrition Education
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Cooking Up Change: EFNEP, Mustard Seed Community Health Empower Greensboro Families
EAST GREENSBORO – At Mustard Seed Community Health, lives are being transformed – one recipe at a time.
Natural Resources
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Urban Farm School Helps Growers Flourish in Small Places
FORSYTH COUNTY – Farmsteads can thrive in unlikely places, including at the bottom of a hill on the edge of a suburban subdivision in Clemmons, N.C., just south of Winston-Salem.
Leadership
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4-H Sets Za’Kiyah Dixon on a Path to Leadership at N.C. A&T
4-H Sets Za’Kiyah Dixon on a Path to Leadership at N.C. A&T Za’Kiyah Dixon, now in her...
Financial Management
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‘Grant Writing 101’ Eases Stress of Grant Search
NASH and HARNETT COUNTIES — When you’re a small church, you need help to make a difference in the community, said Rev. Rosa Marie Smith-Williams, pastor of Corinth AME Zion Church in Siler City, N.C.
Community Garden
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Space to Grow: Hope House Garden Yields More than Vegetables
OXFORD, N.C. – On a modest plot of land in Granville County, North Carolina, a group of schoolchildren huddle around garden beds, tugging spinach leaves from damp soil and chatting about worms. It’s not a scene from a farm field trip – it’s an ordinary afternoon at God’s Garden at Hope House, a community garden that’s doing extraordinary things.
AgrAbility and Agromedicine
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Off the Farm and Into the Cities: Extension introduces new focus on urban and nontraditional audiences
Off the Farm and Into the Cities: Extension introduces new focus on urban and nontraditional...
4-H Youth Development
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4-H Sets Za’Kiyah Dixon on a Path to Leadership at N.C. A&T
4-H Sets Za’Kiyah Dixon on a Path to Leadership at N.C. A&T Za’Kiyah Dixon, now in her...
