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Internship Available at Research & Extension Center in Mills River, NC

This internship is sponsored primarily by the Henderson County Gleaton Farm Fund for Summer Interns to support residents of Henderson County who are interested in becoming a farmer, extension agent,…

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Reflections on 2024 from the NC Alternative Crops & Organics Program Team

12/12/2024 - We never could have predicted all that 2024 would bring to those of us living in western North Carolina! But our program team is resilient, resourceful, energetic, and eager to help…

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Morning Tour of Research Hop Yard-July 25 in Mills River

7/5/2023 - Join us early on Tuesday, July 25th to visit our research hop yard and participate in a discussion of the status of hops in North Carolina, and how the NC State breeding program is trying…

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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…

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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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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.

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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…