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Stephanie Stevenson, FCS Agent, teaching Introduction to Home Food Preservation.

Upcoming 2026 FCS Programming for Carteret County

Our Family and Consumer Sciences Agent, Stephanie Stevenson is happy to announce the following nutrition and food safety programming for the first half of 2026 at the Carteret County Center! Check…

Grinding Crepe Myrtle Stumps

Update on Native Garden at NCSU CMAST Building

Here’s the latest update on the native plant garden installation at the NC State University CMAST building on the campus of Carteret Community College.Last week, the crepe myrtles trees that lined…

Household Hazardous Waste Collection Flier

Rescheduled Household Hazardous Waste Collection NOW 11/15/25

Put Saturday, November 15, 2025, on your calendar! If you have old pesticides, paint, batteries, cooking oil, drain openers, or automotive fluids this is when you can dispose of them 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at…

Urban setting with garden

Survey Participation Needed - Planting Design

**𝙐𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚**𝙒𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙨! 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙮. 𝙒𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤…

Coleman Killinger, 4-H Youth Development Agent, Receiving Achievement Awards

4-H Agent Coleman Killinger Recognized for Achievements

Coleman Killinger, 4-H Youth Development Agent with N.C. Cooperative Extension in Carteret County, was recognized for outstanding achievements during the 2025 North Carolina Association of Extension…

Backyard Chicken Flock

Survey: Raising Backyard Flocks

Since March 2024, 70 cases of avian influenza A(H5) (H5 bird flu) have occurred in humans in the United States, mostly among workers exposed to infected dairy cows and commercial poultry farms.…

Vote for Your Favorite Farmers Market

America's Farmers Market Celebration

Running from August 1 to September 30, the annual America’s Farmers Market Celebration (AFMC), launched in 2008 by American Farmland Trust, showcases the essential markets across the nation that make…

Volunteers sit at a farmers market booth to provide free vegetable donations.

Carteret Community Comes Together at the Olde Beaufort Farmers Market Donation Station

At the heart of the Olde Beaufort Farmers Market, a small but mighty program is making a big impact. The Donation Station, hosted once a month through a partnership between N.C. Cooperative Extension…

Rain gauge

Help Citizen Science Program Observe the Weather

Have you ever wondered how much rain fell during a recent thunderstorm? How about snowfall during a winter storm? If so, an important volunteer weather observing program needs your help! The…

Household Hazardous Waste Collection flier

Household Hazardous Waste Spring Collection Event

Put Saturday, April 26, 2025, on your calendar! If you have old pesticides, paint, batteries, cooking oil, drain openers, or automotive fluids this is when you can dispose of them 8am-1pm at the…