News From Growing Small Farms

Beautiful farmers' market carrots!
The Pittsboro Farmers' Market Is Moving Downtown!

January 27, 2026

Beef cattle grazing among trees.
Farmers and Landowners Can Apply for Agroforestry Grants

January 27, 2026

cover of the Vegetable Crop Handbook
2026 Southeastern U.S. Vegetable Crop Handbook Is Now Online

January 15, 2026

Two oxen yoked side-by-side led by a person wearing a "MILK'S GOT GAME" shirt
Save the Date for Our 2026 Chatham County Spring Ag Fest!

December 15, 2025

Dorsal view of a wasp with black head and thorax and yellow-striped abdomen on white background
Yellow-Legged Hornet on the Doorstep of NC

December 11, 2025

Customers lining up at the Growing Wild Nursery booth.
Photos from Extension’s Pollinator Workshop & Native Plant Sale

September 29, 2025

Green lynx female on spurred butterfly pea vine (Centrosema virginianum).
Late Summer 2025 Snapshots From Extension’s Pollinator Paradise Garden

September 22, 2025

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Great Southeast Pollinator Census - Events in Chatham County

July 31, 2025

farmland flyer
Free Farmland Transition Workshops Offered for Chatham County Residents

May 21, 2025

Child practicing lassoing a dummy steer while adults watch in a rodeo arena
Photos From the 2025 Chatham County Ag Fest

April 15, 2025

Leafcutter bee foraging on dwarf wild indigo in the spring.
Spring Chores in the Pollinator Garden

February 21, 2025

Green praying mantis grasping and feeding on a large black insect
Challenging the Conventional Wisdom About Praying Mantids

February 21, 2025

Three hollow dried plant stems with papery sheaths, close-up view
Provide Nesting Habitat for Native Bees Through Plant Stems in Your Garden

February 21, 2025

Shallot bulbs with feeding maggot larvae and a small adult fly
Growers: Start Scouting in February for the Allium Leafminer

January 27, 2025

graphic of pruned blueberry bushes
February Is a Great Time to Prune Blueberries!

January 24, 2025

3 Chickens standing in grass
Backyard & Small Flocks Workshop (Hybrid)

January 13, 2025

Monarch butterfly perched on a green leaf beside yellow wildflowers against a blue sky
Monarch Butterfly Proposed for Listing Under the US Endangered Species Act

December 13, 2024

Two strawberry transplants on black plastic; left with leaves and soil-covered roots, right bare-root
Takeaways for Cutoff Strawberry Plantings

October 2, 2024

Road ending at floodwaters covering the roadway and partially submerging trees
Helene Disaster Ag. Response (How You Can Help)

October 1, 2024

Mating big dipper fireflies
View Recording of CCP Firefly Webinar

July 22, 2024

Branch with clusters of shriveled purple berries and dried brown leaves
Cicada Damage to Blueberry Crop

June 10, 2024

Bumble bee on Carolina lupine.
View Recording of CCP Bumble Bee Conservation Webinar

May 2, 2024

Solar panels at Ten Mothers Farm
View Webinar Recording on Using REAP Grants to Fund on-Farm Energy Improvements

May 2, 2024

Register Now: 2024 Regional Small Farm Bootcamp Program
Register Now: 2024 Regional Small Farm Bootcamp Program

April 10, 2024

Solitary bee emerging from sandy burrow mound beside small yellow flower
Ground-Nesting Bees Should Be Appreciated, Not Feared!

April 3, 2024

Wildflower garden with clusters of red and yellow blooms and tall pale-green flower spikes
Celebrating 15 Years in Pollinator Paradise!

December 14, 2023

Free Webinar: Farm Planning Resources for New and Aspiring Farmers

November 6, 2023

Three people in a grassy field talking, sheep grazing in the background
NC AgVentures Chatham County Farm Tour

November 1, 2023

Speaker slide about echolocation
View Recording of CCP Bat Webinar

October 22, 2023

USDA Deputy Secretary Chavonda Jacobs-Young registered apprenticeship veterans NC State Extension CEFS
USDA Under Secretary Visits Veteran Farmer Registered Apprenticeship Program

September 13, 2023

Passionflower bee collecting pollen on yellow passionflower. 
Critter Spotlight: Passionflower Bee

August 14, 2023

Bee clinging to a small pale green flower, orange pollen visible on its hind leg
Pollinator Plant Spotlight: Late Figwort

August 2, 2023

Title Slide for Presentation
View Recording of CCP’s Snake Webinar

July 23, 2023

Camouflaged looper on lemon bee balm.
Critter Spotlight: Camouflaged Looper

July 20, 2023

participants practice netting bumble bees
Community Scientists Trained to Participate in Bumble Bee Atlas Project

July 17, 2023

Close up of bumble bee nest.
Emergency Bumble Bee Nest Relocation!

May 19, 2023

Great Southeast Pollinator Census Webinar Poster
Webinar: NC Participates in the Great Southeastern Pollinator Census

May 16, 2023

Rows of green corn stalks forming a tunnel over a dirt path
INPUT NEEDED: Help Frame the 2023 Chatham County Farmland Preservation Plan

March 23, 2023

Goats at Celebrity Dairy.
NC FarmLink Connects Farmers to Land

February 12, 2023

Dried wildflower seed heads with white fluff against a blurred pink background
Fall Chores in the Pollinator Garden: Leave the Leaves and Save the Stems!

December 1, 2022

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