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Food Lion Feeds staff presented a check for $50,000 to Feed the Pack staff at NC State's Pack Essentials Hub in North Hall.

Food Lion Makes Generous Donation to Feed the Pack Food Pantry

On Monday at the Pack Essentials Hub, Food Lion Director of Operations Delony Spraggins presented a big check for $50,000 to Pack Essentials leaders. That donation was critical in setting up the Feed the Pack Food Pantry’s new location with necessary shelving and refrigeration equipment. 
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Ensuring Sustainability and Food Security in Perpetuity

Michelle Schroeder-Moreno, Endowed Distinguished Chair in Sustainable Community-Based Food Systems, reflects on what’s next for the Center for Environmental Farming Systems.
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Robots, Researchers and Resilient Agriculture

Chris Reberg-Horton was recently named the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation/W.K. Kellogg Distinguished Professor in Sustainable Community-Based Food Systems.
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Agritourism: Benefiting Farmers + Communities

Learn why farmers, entrepreneurs and the next generation are utilizing creativity and ingenuity to draw visitors—and profits—via experience-led agriculture.
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A Hive of Expertise

For thousands of students and beekeepers, North Carolina State University Professor John Thomas Ambrose taught lessons not just about bee biology and behavior but about...
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One Oyster At A Time

In the spring of 2020, North Carolina Cooperative Extension specialist Jane Harrison launched the NC Oyster Trail, a grassroots network of oyster growers and fishers;...
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Unleashing Plant Power

Chinmayee Panda was in her early 20s, living in Davidson, North Carolina, about 8,000 miles from her home in India, and eager to pursue a...

The Hands That Feed Us

Alejandro Gutierrez-Li leads the Agricultural Labor Extension Program, a novel and unique effort to address labor issues in North Carolina and the Southeast.