“A dream 20 years in the making” was realized at N.C. A&T’s 492-acre farm on Sept. 21 as local, state and national dignitaries lined up to cut the ribbon and open its Extension and Research Farm Pavilion.
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By knitting together grants, creative thinking, and new partnerships, as well as adapting existing programs, faculty and staff in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at N.C. A&T is grooming the next generation of agricultural leaders.
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The trouble with truffles – the pricey, edible soil fungus synonymous with nose-to-the-ground dogs and flavorful dinners in five-star restaurants – is that they’re hard to grow. Soil and water conditions must be managed. The weather must be moderate. The tree host must be in good health. If it’s too hot, too wet, too dry, too cool, or any of an assortment of more nebulous conditions that even experts can’t always pinpoint, they won’t grow.
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For some farmers, hemp sounds like the cash crop of their dreams. Since Congress made hemp farming legal in 2018, it has been the hot new topic in agriculture, bringing hope to North Carolina farmers still recovering financially from the decline of the tobacco industry. The fast-growing plant can yield seeds, flowers, fibers and oil, all of which can theoretically fetch high prices on the hemp market — enticing thousands to try growing it.
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Ask any scientist who studies foodborne illnesses to name the bacteria, virus or parasite that causes them the most sleepless nights, and near the top of their list will be these two scary words: listeria monocytogenes.
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