New Local Food Systems Online Professional Development Certificate Courses
Are you interested in learning more about local food systems? Do you work with local food projects, but are …
Mobile Poultry Processing Demo | June 21, 2018 10-3pm | Germanton, NC
N.C. Cooperative Extension Hosts a Mobile Processing Demonstration When: June 21, 2018 | 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Where: Mitchell Hills and Hollers Farm …
Register Now! Marketing Local Meat | An NC Choices Intensive | 8.23.18
Register Here: https://bit.ly/2tlXeKR Marketing Local Meat: a hands-on intensive for meat producers This full-day marketing workshop for local meat producers focuses …
When Dreams Come True: NCFS Mentoring Program
Through NC Farm School, alumni gain more than insight into the ABCs of agricultural business planning. They also forge …
Graduate Stories: Berry Good Business
Lis Murray endeavored to start a blueberry farm with her husband Tim. They came to NC Farm School because …
Hiring New Nutrition Program Assistant
The Gaston County Center of NC Cooperative Extension is looking for a candidate to work with low-income youth and …
Shiitake Mushroom Workshop
Saturday, December 2, 2017 (9:00 a.m. to 12 noon) Registration Fee – $35 This hands-on workshop teaches the basics of shiitake …
Cankerworm Banding Time !!!
Each spring in Gaston County, we hear the munching of new leaves as inch worms and their droppings fall …
Protein...Are We Eating Too Much?
Special contribution written by Megan Hamrick, intern with Solmaz Institute Dietetic Internship of Lenoir-Rhyne University: You’ve read it on the …
3rd Annual Somethin' Pumpkin Winners Announced
North Carolina Cooperative Extension held its third annual “Somethin’ Pumpkin Cooking Contest” on October 14, 2017, as part of …
ECA Seeks YOUR Input
The Gaston Extension & Community Association (ECA) is a non-profit community organization that partners with NC Cooperative Extension to …
Introduction to Medicare Workshop
Will you soon be eligible for Medicare or have you recently enrolled in Medicare? Do you have questions about …
Healthy Harvest Has Gaston Youth Gardening
Extension’s Healthy Harvest program has brought thousands of Gaston County third-graders into the garden other the past few years. …
Introduction to Medicare Workshop
Will you soon be eligible for Medicare or have you recently enrolled in Medicare? Do you have questions about …
Newest Better Living Series Workshops
Check out our newest Better Living Workshops scheduled for September through December. From fall gardening tips to cooking the Mediterranean …
4H Super Summer
There is still time to register for 4H Super Summer. Registration for our 2017 4-H Super Summer Program is …
Area 3rd Graders Combine Gardening Knowledge With Healthy Eating Habits
Over the past 15 years there has been an exponential increase in the amount of fat, salt and sugar food …
Upcoming Workshop: Living Healthy With Chronic Conditions
Take control of your health. Living Healthy with Chronic Conditions is a Stanford University program designed for anyone with a …
Versatility of Vinegar
Look in any kitchen pantry or cleaning supply closet and more than likely you’ll find vinegar. Throughout the centuries …
Celebrating Our Mothers
Mother’s Day is just around the corner, a time to recognize mothers everywhere. From foster mothers, godmothers, grandmothers, mothers-in-law, …