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Pics of the Week From the NC Alternative Crops & Organics Program

7/16/21 - Our team is very busy in mid-July with research projects scattered across the state from as far west as Waynesville to as far east as Pittsboro. Here are a few of the beautiful photos our…

floral hemp planted in a colored plastic mulch trial

June Update-Broccoli, Hemp, Hops, and Herbs!

6/9/2021 - By Katherine Learn, graduate student/research assistant, and Margaret Bloomquist, research associate (this article was also sent to our subscribers on MailChimp)Transitioning from late…

Tilled organic fields with mountains

Tuesday in Pictures-NC Alternative Crops & Organics Program

5/25/2021 - We got an amazing response to our spring research update with requests for more frequent updates with lots of photos. So, today we commence "A Day in Pictures," brought to you today by…

cover crops emerging in field

Spring Update for the NC Alternative Crops and Organics Program

5/18/2021 - It is a beautiful spring in western NC and our field research is in full swing once again. The Eastern Broccoli Project, a USDA/SCRI funded project that involves researchers from Maine to…

woman holding broccoli in the air and standing in front of a pile of broccoli heads

Let's Grow Broccoli in WNC! Project Update

7/30/2020 - Written by Margaret Bloomquist, Research AssociateNext year marks the 10th growing season of the Eastern Broccoli Project! This season we are conducting western North Carolina yield and…

young floral hemp plants on white plastic mulch in the field

July Update From the NC Alternative Crops & Organics Program

7/28/20 - Written by Margaret Bloomquist, Research Associate, and Katie Learn, Research Assistant in the North Carolina Alternative Crops and Organics ProgramConsistent 85-65° temperature splits and…

Researcher planting a hemp plant in a field

An Update on Our Field Research-Hemp, Ginseng, and More!

6/30/2020 - We have been a little quiet online lately as our team is learning how to manage our research and extension program under state and university mandated COVID-19-related restrictions. Our…

broccoli growing on white plastic mulch

Broccoli Research Continues in 2019

4/8/2019 - We have been a partner in the Eastern Broccoli Project since its inception in 2010. The main objective of this project is to develop a broccoli growing industry in the eastern U.S. This is…

Growing broccoli on white plastic

Growing Organic and Conventional Broccoli in Western North Carolina

8/4/2022 - The Eastern Broccoli Project is now wrapping up its 12th and final year of research and extension to help build an Eastern broccoli industry.This article was written by Margaret…

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Our 2015 Field Research Projects with 2022 Updates!

8/17/2022 - I wrote this post in 2015. Interesting to see what we were doing then and what has continued and not. I made those updated notations below in BLUE.6/12/2015 Developing an East Coast…