FoodRoute: Southwestern NC Mapping Tool Webinar Demonstration
Webinar Demonstration of the FoodRoute: Southwestern NC Mapping Tool Thursday, September 10th - 2:00pm Join the webinar >> Our recent addition to the Shop Safe, Shop Local NC Campaign is the launch of FoodRoute: Southwestern NC, a collaborative project with The Southwestern Commission (SWC) and The Rivendell Farms of the Carolinas, spearheaded by SWC intern [...]
Making the Most Out of Bulk Sales Opportunities: Two New NC Choices Tools
For the past year, NC Choices has been rolling out two new resources for North Carolina farms selling meat. These resources are particularly timely as the pandemic has driven an increasing number of consumers to seek local meat and to stock up on supplies. We'll introduce the Meat Price & Yield Calculator, an easy to [...]
NC State Day of Giving: Stronger as a Pack
Join CEFS for NC State Day of Giving: Stronger as a Pack! Mark your calendar for Wednesday, September 16, 2020 for NC State Day of Giving: Stronger as a Pack. CEFS is participating as part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) team. NC State Day of Giving: Stronger as a Pack is [...]
Farm Financial Training Part 2
Looking for help with farm recordkeeping and analysis? This webinar will introduce a simple Excel tool for keeping farm records. Please bring your receipts and records to our workshop. We will explain what a set of good records includes, go through a step-by-step on how to enter data, review types of analysis for this year [...]
Production Techniques for High Tunnels – Food Safety Plans and Marketing
Join us for our next event series all about high tunnels! Seminar Three Production Techniques for High Tunnels - Food Safety Plans and Marketing by N.C. Cooperative Extension, Clay County. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Date And Time Tue, November 17, 2020, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST FREE EVENT- Online Event [...]
Friday Conversation With Christina Newhouse about WNC Energy Cost-share Assistance Program (energyCAP)
Friday Conversation With Christina Newhouse about WNC Energy Cost-share Assistance Program (energyCAP) Laura Lauffer interviews Christina Newhouse to discuss the WNC Energy Cost-share Assistance Program (energyCAP). EnergyCAP aims to support and empower WNC farmers and small businesses in discovering good energy decisions that will help their bottom line and create a more robust and [...]
Agribusiness Summit – Virtual Conference
Agribusiness Summit - Virtual Conference December 7th, 2020 Mon 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Topic: Agribusiness Download the virtual conference flyer. This year we have taken the Agribusiness Summit Online! In collaboration with the Small Business Centers in Western North Carolina, we are pleased to bring you the 2020 Virtual Agribusiness Summit. The 2020 [...]
Friday Conversation With Aimee Tomcho
Friday Conversation With Audubon Conservation Biologist Aimee Tomcho about the ForestHer program and women land stewardship in NC! Aimee Tomcho is a Conservation Biologist who manages the National Audubon Society’s Working Lands program in North Carolina, which focuses on how birds can be great messengers about best private lands farming and forestry practices. Together with [...]
Agritourism Series
When: Tuesdays in January, 1:00pm – 2:30pm Is Agritourism right for your farming operation? NC State Extension-Tourism's work with small farms across the state reveals that many small farmers report high interest in receiving visitors as a strategy to earn additional income, selling farm products to the visitors, enhancing customer relationships and even involving guests [...]
55th Annual Blueberry Open House and Trade Show (Virtual)
The 55th Annual Blueberry Open House and Trade Show will not be held in person in January 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions. Instead Bill Cline (Extension Plant Pathologist, North Carolina State University, Horticultural Crops Research Station) will present a two-hour educational session on Wednesday 1/13 via Zoom. Please share this information with growers. Topics will [...]