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The Safest Way to Wash Produce

Food safety doesn’t end at the store. Once home, you should thoroughly clean your fruits and veggies before eating - but what's the best way to wash produce?

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Get Out and Garden This Spring

It's that time of year. Your yard starts calling to you, and you develop an insatiable itch to grow and mow. It can be overwhelming, like the pollen coating your car. Welcome to spring in North Carolina! Celebrate the season with a gardening grab bag on us.

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Attracting Butterflies to Your Garden 

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How Much Fertilizer Should I Use for My Lawn? 

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Protect the Pollinator – NC State Works to Preserve Billion Dollar Bees 

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Tips for Starting a Container Garden 

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How to Grow Downy Phlox in My Garden 

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Catmint: An Easy Garden Favorite 

Learn and Explore

Discover the latest findings for the kitchen, garden and farm right here. We’ll share tasty, nutritious recipes and safe food prep tips; show you what’s in season and how it’s grown; and help you learn where your food comes from and what it takes to feed North Carolina.

In the Garden

From growing your own produce to composting your kitchen scraps, we’ll take you through the finer points of putting your green thumb to good use. Go ahead, get your hands dirty.

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Growing Rhododendrons in North Carolina

Rhododendrons grace the mountains with colorful flowers, but new heat-tolerant varieties make it possible to grow this garden beauty across North Carolina. 

How to Become a Master Gardener Volunteer

Volunteers in the NC State Extension Master Gardener program help provide home gardeners with science-based gardening solutions. Learn how you can get involved! 

Growing Snow Peas and Sugar Snaps

Peas are a staple in every southern kitchen, and many different varieties can be grown right here in North Carolina. Learn more about sugar snaps and snow peas! 

In the Kitchen

Join us in the kitchen as we share nutritious recipes, expert cooking advice and food preservation tips to help you make the most of all our state offers.  

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Kale and Napa Cabbage Slaw

Napa cabbage paired with kale and a zesty dressing make eating the Med way easy and delicious. Watch for the recipe and learn the chiffonade slicing technique as a bonus! 

How to Cook Seared Salmon

Cooking fish may seem intimidating, but it's easier than you think to whip up a quick, healthy salmon dish. 

The Safest Way to Wash Produce

Find out how important it is to wash fresh produce at home, and the many ways you can do it. 

On the Farm

We have a rich agricultural history in North Carolina, and the typical family farm is growing and changing all the time! Come with us as we meet some of the folks who are ensuring our food’s future.

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Why You Need to Wash Your Hands Around Animals

Whether you're holding fluffy baby chicks at the fair (who can resist?) or petting your pooch, it's important to wash your hands! Find out why and how to do it well. 

Conducting a Controlled Burn to Restore Longleaf Pines

Learn how controlled burns maintain and restore important biomes and landscapes like longleaf pine forests. 

Turning N.C. Wheat into Flour

We explore how N.C. wheat becomes the flour you’ll find in everyday products and lining the shelves at your local grocery store or farmers market.