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Interior view of greenhouse with new LED Hi-Top 530 HO grow lights

Growing Efficiency in Greenhouses

Campus partnerships results in improved energy efficiency in campus greenhouses and expected savings of nearly $130,000.
NC State horticultural science students plant fall seedlings on Talley Student Union's rooftop garden.

Video: Fall Planting On Talley’s Rooftop Garden

Talley Student Union’s rooftop garden doesn’t just grow vegetables and pollinator plants. It provides real-world learning opportunities for students.   To learn more about individual...
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Sharing Sustainability In Senegal

A study abroad experience in Scotland and an Alternative Service Break trip to Belize are how NC State graduate Jack Alcorn ended up in Senegal.

Is Biochar a Fix for Sandy Soils?

NC State Extension specialist launches a new research project to see if biochar in a field setting lives up to recent hype.

NC State Holds First N.C. Extension Master Gardener College

More than 100 Extension volunteers from across the state worked to improve their gardening GPA – “Good Planting Advice” – when they gathered at NC State University last week for the first-ever North Carolina Extension Master Gardener College.

Student Creates Campus Pollinator Garden

Thanks to a partnership between an NC State graduate student and the university’s Grounds Management department -- a large pollinator-friendly garden is both managing stormwater and providing habitat on campus.