NC State University, Author at Sustainability

Rodolphe Barrangou and Ph.D. student Echo Pan in the lab.

Nov 6, 2024

Future-proofing Food and Agriculture: NC State’s Genome Editing Center

How will genome editing benefit food and agriculture? We asked CRISPR expert Rodolphe Barrangou, an NC State faculty member and co-founder of five companies.

Adam Fahrenholz, Associate Professor of Feed Manufacturing; Dr. Marissa Cohen, Area Specialized Agent for Animal Food Safety; Dalas Norton, Research Technician & Hauler for LWRFL; Samuel Brown, Feed Mill Education Unit Manager; Corey Wishon, doctoral student; Dr. Andrea Rubio, post-doctoral scholar.

Nov 4, 2024

Feed Mill Donates 11 Tons of Feed to Western North Carolina

CALS’ Feed Milling Program jumped into action to produce 11 tons of chicken feed to help small farmers and backyard chicken keepers in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene.

Oct 31, 2024

Satellite imagery may help protect coastal forests from climate change

Sea-level rise caused by climate change poses a serious and often unpredictable threat to coastal forests, and new tools are needed to help mitigate damage and allocate conservation resources. A new study from North Carolina State University and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) details how satellite imagery may help identify forested areas that…

A Feed the Pack volunteer loads a basket in the food pantry.

Oct 30, 2024

Support Feed the Pack as Pantry Bowl Approaches

For the fourth straight year, the Wolfpack and Tar Heels will square off in the Pantry Bowl, an annual competition to raise money for NC State’s Feed the Pack Food Pantry and UNC’s Carolina Cupboard.

a classroom is filled with empty desks and chairs

Oct 29, 2024

Which Students Fare Worst When Natural Disasters Close Schools?

School closures due to natural disasters have similar impacts on student performance across economic groups.

A child's face. Talking with children can be difficult after a natural disaster.

Oct 24, 2024

How to Talk to and Support Your Child After a Natural Disaster

Talking with your child after a natural disaster can be difficult. To learn more we talked with an expert.

three stacks of food storage containers containing leftover food. storing leftovers properly reduces the risk of foodborne illness.

Oct 23, 2024

What’s the Proper Way to Store Leftover Food?

What’s the best way to safely store leftover food? A food safety expert has answers.

Oct 22, 2024

Continuing Our Commitment

Vice Chancellor and Dean Doneka R. Scott shares an update on the university’s ongoing commitment to student mental health and well-being, and the JED Campus initiative.

Researchers with poplar trees in a greenhouse.

Oct 18, 2024

Finding Could Help Turn Trees Into Affordable, Greener Industrial Chemicals

Specific molecular property of lignin in trees determines difficulty of using microbial fermentation to turn trees and other plants into industrial chemicals.

Oct 14, 2024

Study Finds Mutualistic Relationships Changing With Climate

As temperatures heat up, the beneficial relationship between certain ants and plants in Peru cools down.