Green Tourism: An Investment Worth Making
From quality customer service to comforting amenities, the tourism industry is moving in the past few decades towards including …
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Hurricane Florence Agriculture Disaster Program: Know Your Application Status and the Payment Calculation Process
This past year, Hurricane Florence and tropical storm Michael devastated parts of North Carolina and surrounding states, with many …
Mississippi State Develops Smartphone App to Test Lumber
From Mississippi State University, Written by Alaina Dismukes STARKVILLE, Miss.—Determining the stiffest piece of lumber is now easier with a new …
Vacationer Supported Agriculture: Leveraging Vacation Rentals to Create New Revenue Opportunities for Small Farmers
With just a few more weeks of winter, many of us are dreaming of warmer weather and fun activities …
The First World Congress on Agritourism: Highlights and Contributions From NCSU
This past November, Dr. Carla Barbieri (Associate Professor and Extension Specialist) and Claudia Gil Arroyo (doctoral student) in Parks, …
Creating Harmony Between Tourism and Conservation: Meet NC State Visiting Scholar, Daniela Cajiao
Daniela Cajiao joined NC State Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management (PRTM) as a visiting scholar this August …
Mass Timber Products: Innovative Wood-Based Building Materials
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Agricultural Disaster Relief Program Extends Deadline to December 20
N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services has announced that the N.C. General Assembly has voted to extend the …
Storm Damage Relief for Standing Forage - Application Deadline December 10
Pasture-based livestock producers within eligible counties with damage to standing forage as a result of Hurricane Florence and/or Tropical …
Additional Counties May Be Eligible for Agricultural Disaster Assistance
Farmers urged to sign up by the Dec. 10 deadline (View original announcement on NCDA&CS website) Farmers with damage from Tropical …
New Sustainability Guidelines: IUCN Tourism & Visitor Management in Protected Areas
The new IUCN Tourism and Visitor Management in Protected Areas best practices was released on November 27, 2018. Faculty and …
Storm Damage Relief Program Update for Pastures
Three new programs will be available specifically to help farmers that had damage to pastures from the effects of …
Farmer Disaster Assistance Webinar – 10-31-2018
N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, along with NC State Extension and FSA, are announcing a program to …
Behind Our Local Food: Fork to Farmer Documentary Release
Today’s technologies grant us the ability to do most things from our couches, namely ordering products and services. This …
Coming Together, Staying Together, & Growing Together: A How-to for Rural Revitalization
Despite the diversity and unique characteristics among our nation’s rural towns, there exists a widening gap between prosperous urban …
Time to Make Your Winter Feed Plan
What a difference a month makes! This time last month things were going along very well, but …
Hay Donation Website
NC State Extension has created a website form for collecting information from those who want to donate hay and …
Think Food Safety When the Power is Out
Hurricane Michael made landfall earlier today in Florida and is quickly speeding along a track with takes it directly …
Hay Alert Website
The Hay Alert website is available to help farmers impacted by Hurricane Florence secure winter hay supplies. Dr. …
NC State to Offer Free Occupational Safety Training for Key Recovery Service Providers
The information below has been provided by Wendy Laing, Director, Professional Learning and Instructional Design, Southeastern OSHA Training Institute Education Center, …
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