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Apr 22, 2009

Head of Program for Value-Added and Alternative Agriculture Featured in Growing Magazine

Dr. Blake Brown and the Program for Value-Added and Alternative Agriculture are highlighted in an article appearing in the March 2009 issue of Growing, a magazine serving agricultural industries.

Apr 22, 2009

N.C. State University’s Team at the N.C. Research Campus Highlighted in the Kannapolis Citizen & Researcher

Meet N.C. State’s team at the N.C. Research Campus. The Kannapolis Citizen & Researcher introduces the Plants for Human Health Institute and the Program for Value-Added and Alternative Agriculture and their teams’ agricultural work to the community.

Apr 20, 2009

Value-Added Program Featured

Our programs are featured in the winter issue of Perspectives Magazine.

Apr 20, 2009

PowerPoint Presentations from Value-Added Producer Grant Workshops

A series of workshops were held across the state Dec. 8 - 11, 2008, to help producers understand how to apply for USDA-Rural Development’s Value-Added Producer Grant.

Apr 20, 2009

The Produce Lady Airs on Almanac Gardener

Watch The Produce Lady on UNC-TV’S Almanac Gardener this spring. N.C. Cooperative Extension agent and local foods expert, Brenda Sutton, will appear on upcoming shows. The Produce Lady is made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission.

Apr 20, 2009

Message from the Director

Value-Added Team Relocates to North Carolina Research Campus at Kannapolis; Receives Recent Grants

Apr 20, 2009

The New Farm Bill: What Does It Mean to North Carolina?

Congress recently passed a new farm bill. Dr. Blake Brown, economist and policy analyst, takes a look at what it means to North Carolina agriculture and beyond.

Apr 20, 2009

New Farm Bill

The USDA provides detailed information on the new farm bill.

Apr 20, 2009

The Changing Face of North Carolina Agriculture

Dr. Blake Brown, director of the Program for Value-Added & Alternative Agriculture, writes about North Carolina agriculture and how it has changed over the past two decades, the factors that drove the change and what this means for today’s farmers.

Apr 20, 2009

Tips That Help You Sell More at Market

If you’re a farmer that sells your products at a local market, how do you respond when a customer asks you how to prepare a certain food item? If your response is, “I don’t know, I just grow it!” then The Produce Lady can help you.