How COVID-19 May Affect Nonprofits (And What They Can Do About It)
[View the original article from NC State News] The poor and the elderly are among those being hit the hardest …
Community
Extension Helping Guide Restaurants and Businesses With Safe Reopening
As restaurants and other businesses reopen under COVID-19’s cloud, voluntary certification program will signal commitment to high standards The North Carolina …
Golden LEAF Scholarship COVID-19 Fund to Support Rural Students at Participating N.C. Community Colleges
At the April 2020 Board meeting, the Golden LEAF Foundation awarded $500,000 to the North Carolina Community College System …
Registration Open for FREE NC 4-H Summer CAMP OUT! 2020
REGISTER FOR THE CAMP OUT! Registration closes on June 12. Click to view the schedule and session descriptions Registration closes on June …
Food Preservation Made Easy: Freezing Is on April 28
Join in for the next session on Freezing, April 28, 2020, at 11 a.m. You can sign up for …
Food Preservation Made Easy!
Learn to preserve your own food using the most recent evidence-based information to assure a safe, quality product for …
NC Restaurants Feeding Kids Initiative
Are you a restaurant, catering company or foodservice operation interested in helping feed kids in need during COVID-19 school …
EFNEP Recipe Spotlight
N.C. Cooperative Extension of Avery County is highlighting some of EFNEP’s original program recipes. Fifteen Minute Bean Soup is in …
Virtual Junior Master Gardener Sessions
Hey parents, do you have elementary students at home? Help them to JOIN US for the first-ever virtual National JMG …
N.C. Cooperative Extension of Avery County Meeting Cancellations
See the list of canceled and/or postponed events in the image below. If you have any questions about a …
Small Farms AgriShop Farmer Production Workshops
N.C. Cooperative Extension of Watauga County and N.C. A&T State University will be hosting the North West Regional, Small Farms Production …
2020 Census
Established by the US Constitution, the US Census Bureau is required to conduct a count of every person in …
Small Fruit Production Workshop for Direct Markets
The Small Fruit Production Workshop for Direct Markets will be hosted at Avery Farm’s (Owner: Waightstill Avery) on Thursday, February …
2019 Online 4-H Enrollment
The National 4-H and the North Carolina State 4-H Enrollment system are now online. This new program is a …
Avery County Plant Sale
The Avery County Cooperative Extension Center staff is in the process of completing the 2019 plant sale catalog. We are …
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