The N.C. Cooperative Extension Service has launched a strategic visioning initiative to evaluate the organization’s business model and chart a course through choppy economic waters. NCCES has seen recurring budget cuts of $20 million since 2000, resulting in the loss of roughly 90 positions over the past four years.
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The N.C. Cooperative Extension Service has launched a strategic visioning initiative to evaluate the organization’s business model and chart a course through choppy economic waters. NCCES has seen recurring budget cuts of $20 million since 2000, resulting in the loss of roughly 90 positions over the past four years.
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Farmers and gardeners in Carteret County are able to harvest fresh, healthy produce almost every month of the year. See our Crystal Coast Produce brochure to discover what is in season now and to meet our county farmers and locate farm stands. Click Here
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Looking for answers to fruit, vegetable, weed or floriculture questions? The NC State University Department of Horticulture invites you to try their powerful, but focused search engines designed to provide answers from the scientific literature, trade and association magazines/websites and NC State University, and archive (repository of literature dating back to the 1800s). Use these search engines for all of your fruit, vegetable, weed and floriculture questions. Floriculture InfoSearch Fruit InfoSearch Vegetable InfoSearch Weed InfoSearch
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Floriculture InfoSearch is a powerful, but focused search engine designed to bring you floriculture information from the scientific literature, trade and association magazines/websites, NC State University, and the American Floral Endowment Floriculture Archive (repository of literature dating back to the 1800s). Use this search engine for all of your floriculture questions. http://floricultureinfosearch.ces.ncsu.edu/
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Open to the Public: Every Monday 1:00-3:30 p.m. through fall. Don't know what's wrong with your plant? Call or stop by Room 308 of the CMAST building in Morehead City to talk with a Carteret County Master Gardener Volunteer. (252) 222-6359.
READ THE REST »Carteret County 4-Her’s Lauren DeLuzio (Newport), Carla Johnson (Emerald Isle), Alanna Paschall (Newport) and Meghan Paschall (Newport) won top places in their categories with their presentations this past Saturday (March 29) at the MORE »
Making Sense (and Cents) out of Home Energy Efficiency Projects - The average U.S. household spends over $2,000 a year on energy. Whether you are considering making major energy efficient upgrades to your MORE » – from 
Home Energy Conservation
The eastern Community Forest Stewardship Workshop will be held February 18 in New Bern, at the Courtyard Marriott Riverfront. Implementing a community forest stewardship plan can be a daunting step for communities. Getting MORE » – from Onslow County Center
A few results are still trickling in throughout the state, but as of today, our 2013 results are: 17,456 volunteers who worked 68,572 hours cleaning 1,289 miles and retrieved 339,837 pounds of litter. MORE »
The Crystal Clovers 4-H Club won 1st Place for their booth at the Coastal Carolina Agriculture Fair in New Bern. CONGRATULATIONS CRYSTAL MORE »
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA & CS) Agronomic Division will begin charging a fee of $4 per sample for all soil samples received between December 1st and April 31st. MORE »
FROM THE NC STATE TURF PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT: You know it’s officially spring in North Carolina when there are giant patches of brown grass in bermudagrass, centipedegrass, St. Augustinegrass, and zoysiagrass. These giant patches MORE »
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