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Chinese medicinal herbs growing on a farm in western NC

Autumn Update on the NC Alternative Crops & Organics Program!

10/12/2023 - Our western North Carolina based research and extension program has been very busy this summer with projects on hops, hemp, traditional Chinese medicinal herbs, native woodland…

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:…

Tomato plants staked in rows on black plastic mulch with hills and cloudy sky

2022 Upcoming Events-Field Days, Forest Farming Workshops and More

7/20/2022 - There are a number of events happening in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee on apples, tomatoes, forest farming, mushroom production, and herbs. Check them out in our latest…

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…

CBD hemp growing on red, black and white plastic mulch

Our Hemp Projects in the News!

Kept for historical reference! 8/24/20247/10/2019 - Our emerging CBD hemp industry, our graduate students, and our women growers getting some well-deserved attention in today's article in the…

Amethyst radish

Growing Radishes in Western North Carolina

5/23/2018 - (Reviewed 8/28/2024) The Southeastern Extension Vegetable Workers (SEVEW) is a group of extension horticulturists, entomologists, plant pathologists, weed scientists, and soil scientists…

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…

broccoli head

It’s beginning to look a lot like broccoli – then and now!

8/4/2022 - The post below was written in 2015. This project is going through 2022. Be sure to look at what has happened since with our broccoli projects. Just search for "broccoli" in our…