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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Sowing Seeds of Community: Small Farmers of the Year Work Hard and Give Back
AROUND THE STATE — Each spring, North Carolina A&T State University’s Cooperative Extension shines a spotlight on the little guys of agriculture – small-scale farmers whose innovation and love of the land provide a shot in the arm to their communities as well as food for their tables.
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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Heirs’ Property Program Helps Landowners Protect Generational Wealth
ACROSS N.C. —According to Biswanath Dari, Ph.D., understanding and dealing with heirs’ property is an emotional journey as much as a practical one involving legal and financial experts.
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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1890 YEA Program Introduces Youth to Agriculture’s Opportunities
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. — Participating in the 1890 YEA Collaborative program made Page High School student Zafir Ahmed realize agriculture is more than plowing fields and feeding chickens.
