NEW Produce Availability Service to Growers
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is aware that farmers have seen disruptions in their normal …
Local Foods
The Carteret County Center Local Foods contact is Shawn Banks.
How to Find Classes Offering Pesticide Credits
Each year N.C. Cooperative Extension, Craven County Center provides classes offering 12-28 hours of pesticide credits. However, for some …
New App Available in Our Area
We have been working to get the Visit NC Farms app live here in Carteret County. This week with …
Two-Liter Drip Irrigation Bottle
Have you ever had a container plant completely dry out? When you try to water the plant the water …
Reading a Soil Test Report
Many times we get calls from people asking for help reading, or interpreting, the soil test report that comes …
Swine Transportation & Hunting Laws
Swine Transportation: The law now requires that swine transported on North Carolina highways have “official identification approved by the State …
Cleaning & Roasting Pumpkin Seeds
It’s that time of year when all things are pumpkin so cleaning and roasting pumpkin seeds is a special …
New Fee for Molecular Nematode Specie Identification
An increase in demand to identify specific species of nematode, especially root knot nematode, has resulted in new process …
Planting Lettuce and Radish in Container
It’s nearing the end of October. Here on the coast it’s not too late to plant short season fall …
Tuscan Truffle Hunting
My husband and I were fortunate to travel to Italy in late April. We enrolled in Tuscana Saporita Cooking …
Research Seeking Volunteers to Share Experiences With Food Supply & Food Systems After Hurricane Florence
A disruption to the food systems such as a natural disaster creates challenges for families and communities. Yet, there …
NC Farm School Registration Deadline Approaching
Developing a business plan for an agricultural venture or agribusiness enterprise to include personal goals, marketing, cash flow models, …
Cicada Killer Wasps Begin Emerging
I received a call asking how to get rid of hundreds of cicada killer wasps. My first thought was, …
Insects in the Garden
I went out to the garden this morning to pick a few small tomatoes for a snack during work …
Funding Available for Farmers' Market Advertising
North Carolina farmers markets can expand their advertising budgets through of a new grant offered by the N.C. Department …
Aquaponics Short-Course
Aquaponics Short Course, March 7, New Bern Convention Center Designed to provide entrepreneurs research based technical training in the fundamentals …
Join Us for 2019 NC Farm School Down East!
After a successful school in 2018 with students from eight counties, NC Farm School Down East is looking for …
Problem With Tomatoes
In the demonstration garden at the Curb Market there are several plant including tomatoes, okra, beans, peppers, cucumbers, squash …
2015 Revised Worker Protection Standard Respirator Requirements
Revisions to the EPA’s Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) requires training, medical clearance and fit testing prior to use …
Citizen Science Program Needs Your Help Observing the Weather!
The following article was provided by David Glenn, Science & Operations Officer, NC CoCoRaHS State Co-Coordinator, with the National Weather Service in …
Learn More Using the Resources Below
- Cartert Local Foods Network
- Local Farmer Produce Stands
- Local Seafood, Carteret Catch
- Sound Harvest & Garden Blog; up to date news & photos
Carteret Backyard Foods
- Cucumbers - Downy Mildew
- Herbicide carryover in Hay, Manure, Compost and Grass Clippings
- Keeping Backyard Chickens
- Organic Control of Squash pests
- Squash Vine Borer and Squash Bug
- Tomato Plants - Late Blight
- Tomato Plants - Saving Heirloom Tomato Seeds
- Tomato Plants - Wilt Diseases
- Tomatoes, Home Garden
- Vegetable Fact Sheets
- Vegetable Variety Ratings By Gardeners
Home Fruit Trees
Information Portals
- Local Food -- a Flagship Program for North Carolina Cooperative Extension
- NC Community Gardens
- NC Fresh Produce Safety
Key Local Food Topics
- Local Food System Supply Chain
- NC Organizations and State Partners
- Nutrition and Health
- Strong Communities
- Youth, Families and Communities
Publications, Information, and News
- From Farm to Fork: A Guide to Building North Carolina's Sustainable Local Food Economy
- Growing Small Farms - NCCE Chatham County Center
Resources
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