Food Safety Tips for Home Meal Delivery Kits

Published on Dec 30, 2021

Food Safety Tips for Home Meal Delivery Kits

As home meal delivery options become available for more food products in more places, all with a quick click, how do you know if your food is safe to eat?

Discover medicinal plants for your home garden in North Carolina and the Southeast.

Published on Dec 18, 2021

Growing Medicinal Plants in the Home Garden

Herbs have been used in traditional medicine practices since prehistoric times. Today they're more popular than ever. Learn how to incorporate them into your home garden or landscape.

Discover the facts behind common food and nutritional myths related to gluten, detoxing and high-fructose corn syrup.

Published on Dec 11, 2021

Exploring Nutritional Half-Truths

Nowadays everyone seems to be a nutrition expert, which makes finding factual information that much harder to track down. Get started by learning more about a trio of common nutrition half-truths.

A dog sniffing mushrooms that have grown in a backyard.

Published on Nov 30, 2021

Why Mushrooms Grow In My Yard (Sometimes)

You may have noticed mushrooms popping up in your yard, almost like magic. We pull back the curtain to shed light on the fantastical world of fungi.

NC State Extension's Homegrown video series explores North Carolina hops.

Published on Nov 19, 2021

North Carolina Hops Are Happenin’

More than 350 craft breweries call North Carolina home. Discover how NC State is breeding better hops to help fuel the state's craft beer boom.

A forest trail surrounded by bright, colorful fall foliage as the tree leaves change colors during the autumn season.

Published on Nov 5, 2021

Fall Foliage: The Changing of the Leaves

Nothing announces a North Carolina autumn like the brilliance and splendor of fall foliage. Waves of color roll down the mountains and across the state throughout the season. Discover why!

A large crate full of freshly picked apples sitting next to one of many apple trees at a North Carolina orchard.

Published on Oct 31, 2021

How Sweet It Is: North Carolina’s Apple Economy

NYC may be the Big Apple, but NC is big apple business. We retrace the road apples take from seed to supermarket, and explore how North Carolina helps supply America’s favorite fruit.

A fully-baked mountain high apple pie still in the skillet with a slice cut out showing the apples and ooey gooey goodness inside.

Published on Oct 29, 2021

Making a Mountain High Apple Pie

This mountain of a pie was named grand champion in the North Carolina Apple Festival's renowned recipe contest. Make a pie and enjoy N.C. apples today!

A baking tray full of freshly baked banana nut med muffins sitting on a stove top.

Published on Sep 30, 2021

Baking Banana Nut Med Muffins

Next time you have overripe bananas laying around, don’t throw them out – make these delicious, healthy muffins instead!

Tomatoes on vines in a field during a bright summer day.

Published on Sep 5, 2021

Selecting the Best Tomato Varieties for Your Garden

With more than 10,000 tomato varieties available, taking home the right tomato can be challenging. Learn how to pick a tomato variety that will survive and thrive in your home or garden!

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