Cooperative Extension News

Extension Partners with Community Organizations to Bridge Vaccination Gap

05/26/2021 in Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

The new Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T COVID response program was created when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reached out to USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) offering to fund innovative Extension education to advance adult immunization in rural, medically underserved, and other hard-to-reach communities.

Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T Launches Statewide Needs Assessment 

04/26/2021 in Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T is conducting a statewide needs assessment to better understand the issues facing underserved urban and rural communities in North Carolina. 

Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T Awards Small Farmer of the Year

03/24/2021 in Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

As part of Small Farms Week, Mike Jones of Mae Farms has been named the 2021 N.C. Small Farmer of the Year, a recognition awarded annually by Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T.

35th Annual Small Farms Week Set for March 21-27 

03/02/2021 in Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

 

New 4-H Leadership Program Targets Youth in Underserved Communities

12/22/2020 in Cooperative Extension, 4-H and Youth Development

Cooperative Extension at North Carolina A&T State University is one of 12 Extension programs across the country has received funding to launch a leadership development program aimed at youth in underserved urban and rural communities.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation Funds Grant To Empower Community Gardeners

12/10/2020 in Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

A grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation will enable Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T to strengthen the state’s network of community gardens.

Sanjun Gu Receives Regional Excellence in Extension Award

10/15/2020 in Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

Sanjun Gu, Ph.D., horticulture specialist with Cooperative Extension at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, will be honored with this year’s 1890 Institutions Regional Excellence in Extension Award for expansion of horticulture science to all communities.

Avery County Growers named N.C. Small Farmers of the Year

10/02/2020 in Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

Amos and Kaci Nidiffer, the owners of Trosly Farm in Avery County, are the 2020 North Carolina Small Farmers of the Year.

N.C. A&T Cooperative Extension Conference Aims to Strengthen Communities Oct. 22

09/30/2020 in Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

Cooperative Extension at N.C A&T, in partnership with its Strategic Planning Council, will connect real people with real issues and real strategies during the Grassroots Leadership Conference on Thursday, Oct. 22.

Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T Helps North Carolinians Weather COVID-19

05/06/2020 in Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

For Cooperative Extension at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a call to action that Extension has answered with a full-throttle effort to help limited-resource families and farmers withstand an unprecedented crisis.

A Taste of Summer: N.C. A&T University Farm Hosts Tomato Taste-ival

06/27/2019 in Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences