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Class Builds Sustainable Student Sanctuary
Class transforms campus landscape into outdoor space for students
Interdisciplinary Garden Bridges Engineering, Food Security
Graduate student Jasmine Gibson is leading the transformation of a grassy patch next to the D.S. Weaver Laboratories into an active, educational space that promotes urban horticulture and farming practices.
NC State at Forefront of Emerging and Globally Urgent Field: Honeybee Medicine
It’s “selective” time at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, a time when students get to choose fast-paced, intensely focused, one- or two-week classes from an array of offerings that now includes — for the first time! — apiary work or honey bee keeping. In 2017, the FDA declared honey bees as food animals and…
Farming with A.I.
In this episode of Farms, Food and You, we’ll dig deep into A.I. and other technology utilized in agricultural research with Jevon Smith, a research computing manager for the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative.
Study: Tribal Water Rights Underutilized in U.S. West
Lack of irrigation infrastructure and convoluted land ownership issues represent the major impediments to tribes, the study suggests.
Sustaining Iconic Fish
While at NC State, Matt Damiano studied the sustainability of mahi-mahi, black sea bass and Atlantic cobia in the Department of Applied Ecology.
Where City Meets Farm: The True Value of a Landmark Field Lab
As cranes dot the city’s skyline and orange cones line its roadways, dump trucks move root and earth to make way for more people. The...
Elsa Awarded New Grant To Conserve Rare Butterflies
Congratulations to Elsa and her team for being awarded funding to conserve the Crystal skipper butterfly.