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Flier for the 75th anniverary of the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center

75th Anniversary Celebration Horticulture Research Field Day!

7/24/2024 - It's almost here! The 75th anniversary of the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River, NC. Join us for this field day and celebration of the wonderful…

several workers holding bundles of fiber hemp that had just been harvested

Industrial Hemp Morning-Workshop on Fiber Hemp Innovation & Sustainability

7/24/2024 - Join us for the Industrial Hemp Morning on August 16, 2024 in Mills River, NC, hosted by NC State University's Colleges of Natural Resources, and Agriculture and Life Sciences in Mills…

hops growing on trellises

It's a New Season in the NC Alternative Crops & Organics Program!

6/12/2024 - It has been a very busy spring in the NC Alternative Crops and Organics Program. We have many new projects on a wide range of crops and they are scattered across the mountains and…

group of people holding pawpaw plants in pots

2022 June Program Update-Woodland Herbs, Hops, Hemp and More!

6/23/2022 - The NC Alternative Crops and Organics Program staff produced a colorful and informative update on everything going on with our program right now. Published as a newsletter that you can…

floral hemp in the field

Position Closed. HIRING NOW! Hops, Hemp, Ginseng, Heirloom Tomatoes...

8/11/2021 - Update: Love social media! We got a bunch of applications within just a few days. Thanks.8/7/2021 - One of our valued summer employees must suddenly leave our program for another…

A compact floral hemp plant with sunflowers

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…

broccoli head

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…

two people planting hemp plants in raised beds with white plastic

Hemp, Tomatoes, and Chinese Herbs!

5/26/2021 - Research assistant and graduate student, Katie Learn, provided these pictures of recent activities in our North Carolina Alternative Crops and Organics Program.

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…