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NC State gets $30 million from the Bezos Earth Fund for a center to advance alternative protein sources.

Sep 6, 2024

Plants on the Plate

NC State gets $30 million from the Bezos Earth Fund for a center to advance alternative protein sources.
caden noonkester kicking a football during a football game

Sep 4, 2024

Fielding Success

Recent CALS grad Caden Noonkester’s unlikely rise as NC State’s starting punter is as surprising to him as it is to anyone. 
a group of people stand outside of a building with a sign that reads Megena Vegetable Aggregation and Marketing Centre

Aug 29, 2024

Cultivating Access to Nutritious Food

Nutrition Researcher Basheerah Enahora hopes a recent trip to Kenya will open doors for collaboration that will improve access to healthy food in Kenya and North Carolina.
Picture of corn plant against the sky.

Aug 28, 2024

Diverse Crop Rotations Reduce Risk of Crop Loss Under Poor Growing Conditions

This post was written by Autumn Canady at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are responding to the increasingly uncertain climate. The warmer and more unpredictable weather has been a source of instability on U.S. farms. ARS agroecologists turned to history for a solution to…
Portion of a solar panel against a blue sky with clouds.

Aug 7, 2024

Partnership Seeds Two Agricultural Sensor Projects

A new partnership among NC State University’s Institute for Connected Sensor Systems, N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative and Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology and Science has provided seed funding for two interdisciplinary…
Ashton Thompson works at his job at Juneberry Ridge.

Jul 29, 2024

A Farm for the Future

Ashton Thompson ’13 oversees a holistic farm that features aquaculture and tourism.
Will Ricks aids a sunflower in becoming a better host to North Carolina pollinators.

Jul 29, 2024

Re-establishing Royalty

Will Ricks ’07 works to ensure that monarch butterflies can once again thrive in the Carolinas.
a woman holds a tray of seedlings in a greenhouse

Jul 29, 2024

Cultivating African Indigenous Vegetables

Inspired to improve food security for her village in Kenya, Gladys Wanja Njeri is breeding African Indigenous Vegetables for nutritional value, climate adaptation, economic stability and beyond.
a man stands at a table with booklets and flyers for the Agricultural Institute

Jul 23, 2024

Carving a Future in Agribusiness

Charlie McGhee’s classes on food animal and poultry processing and his work in agricultural lending have sharpened his knowledge of the practical and financial sides of farming.
a young man sits at a computer

Jul 22, 2024

Forging a Path Forward

Biological and agricultural engineering technology major Taj Hewitt is building his skills so he can make a difference on his family’s farm in Jamaica.