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Farmer Feature: Ironweed Collective

Published - November 10, 2026 Read
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Farmer Feature: Allied Organic Farms LLC

Published - November 10, 2026 Read
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Farmer Feature: Sunset Ridge Buffalo Farms LLC

Published - November 10, 2026 Read

News From Person County Center

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Farmer Feature: Jolly Gourds and Adventures

Published - November 10, 2026

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Farmer Feature: Benny Boy Farm

Published - November 10, 2026

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Farm City Week Activities

Published - October 19, 2026

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Getting Ahead of the Holiday Meal Cost

Published - October 18, 2026

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Northern Piedmont Landscape School

Published - October 6, 2026

From: Granville County Center
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Plantsgiving

Published - October 5, 2026

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Get the Dish: Virtual Cooking Series

Published - October 1, 2026

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Pasture Field Day

Published - September 16, 2026

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Person County Farm-City Week 5K Saturday | Nov 14 | 8:00 AM — 1:00 PM The Land at Hawkins Loop, 294 Hawkins Loop, Hurdle Mills, NC 27541, USA
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News From NC State Extension

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Corn Leafhopper Confirmed in North Carolina and Virginia in 2026

Published - November 5, 2026

From: Corn
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Registration Is Open for the 2027 Chatham County Beekeeping School

Published - October 29, 2026

From: Growing Small Farms
Mature cornfield with dried, brown stalks and leaves, several exposed ears of yellow corn, and green weeds growing between rows. The field shows considerable leaf senescence and dry vegetation under a clear blue sky.
2026 North Carolina Corn Season Recap: Lessons from a Challenging Year

Published - October 27, 2026

From: Corn
L t R: Aaron Moore, Andrew Baucom, Jessica King, Samara Gibson, Ashlin Austin, Keith Walters; all stand with a shovel at a construction site with a photo of the future of the FIC in the background
Local Food Infrastructures in Extension: Union County

Published - October 19, 2026

From: Local Food
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Farmers & Forest Landowners: Take Our Agroforestry Needs Assessment Survey

Published - September 30, 2026

From: Growing Small Farms
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NRCS FY27 Application Window Open Now Until Oct 30

Published - September 18, 2026

From: NC FarmLink
Left - Springhouse Farm Farmstand before Hurricane Helene. Right - the newly built farmstand at Springhouse Farm
*New Resource* So, Do You Want to Start a Farm Stand?

Published - September 10, 2026

From: Local Food
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RSVP for Chatham County Native Plant Sale September 18

Published - September 8, 2026

From: Growing Small Farms
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What Should I be doing in the Apiary this month? September

Published - September 1, 2026

From: Pollinators
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First Report of Tar Spot of Corn Confirmed in North Carolina

Published - August 31, 2026

From: Corn
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