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Internship for Henderson Co. Residents With Interest in Agriculture!

6/19/2025 - Here is a unique opportunity to work in our NC Alternative Crops & Organics Program in Mills River, NC! Shelley G. Bourdon created the Gleaton internship fund in memory of her…

Young woman holding a handful of truffles recently harvested from a truffle orchard in North Carolina

Truffles, Forest Farming, Chinese Herbs, and More!

2/18/2025 - The NC Alternative Crops and Organics Program Team is very busy right now harvesting truffles, building new shade structures, planting woodland botanicals, prepping for the upcoming…

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WNC 2025 Winter Vegetable Conference Registration Is Open

12/16/2024 - Mark your calendars for the annual Winter Vegetable Conference and NC Tomato Growers Meeting. It will be held at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Asheville on February 19-2025. Last year we…

Flier for June 1, 2023 Herb Buyer-Grower event with picture of goldenseal

Who Will Buy My Herbs? a Grower-Buyer Event on June 1st in WNC

5/24/2023 - Join us for our springtime medicinal herb grower and buyer event. We will have a few new buyers this time including Herb Pharm! Here are the details. Register now!When: 1 pm to 4 pmWhere:…

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Organic Food Sales Continue to Increase

5/17/2023 - We are in the process of hiring a new vegetable researcher/extension specialist/teacher in our department. During the course of the interviews, the question about the status of organic…

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NCDA&CS Supporting the NC Emerging Hops Industry

9/6/2022 - The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS;) has been very supportive of our hops research program with grants offered through the New and Emerging Crops…

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Late July Hemp Pics-NC Alternative Crops & Organics

7/29/2021 - It is a very beautiful, but very hot day in western North Carolina. And research associate, Margaret Bloomquist, was checking out our fiber hemp research plots at the Mountain Research…

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Horticulture Industry and NC State: A Partnership That Works!

Horticulture Industries and NC State University Horticultural Science Department:A Partnership That Works! 7/8/2022 - Update. The post below is eleven years old, but our partnerships are stronger…