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Open house at Reidsville ruminant ranch set for first Monday in November

There will be an open house at Cooperative Extension’s small ruminant demonstration site at the Upper Piedmont Research Station in Reidsville on Monday, Nov. 7, beginning at 10 a.m. and winding up by 5...

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Extension gets added funding for agrowcultural education

The Cooperative Extension Program at A&T has received one of 36 grants recently announced by USDA — totaling $18 million  — that will provide training and assistance to beginning farmers and...

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Nov. 15 is also discount deadline in Tuskegee

Tuskegee University will host its 69th annual Professional Agricultural Workers Conference Dec. 4-6, and for those yet to register who get their fees paid by Nov. 15, the conference fee is $350....

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Nov. 15 is deadline day for three small-farm funding programs

The Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) has set Tuesday, Nov. 15 as its 2011 deadline for a grants application for on-farm research into sustainable production methods,  and USDA's Southern...

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Program proffers pickle packing, pepper pests and sweet potato processing

The annual Southeast Vegetable and Fruit Expo is set for the Kingston Plantation Embassy Suites Hotel in Myrtle Beach Nov. 28 – 30. Concurrent sessions the 29th  will be devoted to pickles, fumigants,...

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Candidates to elaborate on approaches to outreach

The two finalists to join The Cooperative Extension Program at A&T as a nutrition specialist will make presentations open to SAES faculty, staff and students on Monday, Nov.  21. Dr. Anne Marie...

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CEFS looking for five forthcoming farms to incubate

As many as five North Carolina communities will soon be selected by the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) to host sites incubator farms that will bring new farmers into production...

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Finalists to become next  second-in-command at Extension to make...

On Nov. 22, Dec. 1 and Dec. 8, the three finalists to become The Cooperate Extension Program at A&T’s next second-in-command will be making presentations open to all SAES faculty, staff and...

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Five days after Thanksgiving due date for nominees for 2012 Small Farmer of...

The nomination deadline for the 2012 North Carolina A&T Small Farmer of the Year Award is Wednesday, Nov. 30. The Cooperative Extension Program at A&T has set March 25 - 31 as Small Farms Week...

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Small Farms Week planning takes no holiday hiatus

County Extension centers that are planning programs, activities or training March 25-31 to highlight and celebrate small-scale agriculture during Small Farms Week 2012 should complete and return a...

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Rock on

The Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group’s (SSAWG) 2012 annual conference and trade show is set for Little Rock, Ark.  Jan. 20 — 22. There will be two days of pre-conference field trips, and...

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More than a dozen awards share a Dec. 5 nomination deadline

Click your way into Cooperative Extension’s Awards listing and you'll see that there are five major categories of awards for North Carolina Cooperative Extension employees. Three of these categories -...

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CEFS looking for a quintet

As many as five North Carolina communities may be selected by the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) to host incubator farms that will bring new farmers into production agriculture and the...

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Where Lone Ranger’s horse goes to chill?

The Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) is offering a workshop that will address key considerations for “Enhancing Land Conservation Through Silvopasture [livestock production on land that...

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Two final associate administrator finalists to make presentations

An applicant who is among the three finalists to become the next associate administrator for the Cooperative Extension Program at A&T, Dr. Claudette Smith, will be making a seminar presentation...

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