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Jul 12, 2022

Growing Efficiency in Greenhouses

Campus partnerships results in improved energy efficiency in campus greenhouses and expected savings of nearly $130,000.

Nov 5, 2018

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 and group volunteer opportunities in…

Jul 18, 2017

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.

Jun 20, 2017

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.

Jun 15, 2017

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.

Jun 6, 2017

Made in the Shade: Research Focuses on Combining Forestry and Livestock Grazing

Silvopasture – the practice of combining forestry with forage and livestock production – is rare in North America, but the practice could bring both economic and environmental benefits on marginal lands where traditional row cropping hasn’t worked.

Nov 22, 2016

Student’s Research Seeks Ozone-Tolerant Wheat

An NC State graduate student's research could help prevent a worldwide famine.

Nov 15, 2016

Dream Jobs: Becoming A World-Renowned Worm Expert

WUNC talks with NC State's Rhonda Sherman about how she became one of the world's leading experts on vermicomposting.

Nov 14, 2016

Collaboration Leads to Campus Bee-Saving Effort

NC State staff worked together to save 10,000+ honey bees.

Nov 1, 2016

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.