News From Growing Small Farms

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

Published - January 27, 2026

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

Published - January 27, 2026

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

Published - January 15, 2026

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

Published - 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

Published - December 11, 2025

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

Published - September 29, 2025

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

Published - September 22, 2025

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

Published - April 15, 2025

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

Published - February 21, 2025

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

Published - 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

Published - February 21, 2025

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

Published - January 27, 2025

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

Published - January 24, 2025

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

Published - 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

Published - December 13, 2024

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

Published - October 2, 2024

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

Published - October 1, 2024

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

Published - June 10, 2024

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

Published - May 2, 2024

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

Published - April 10, 2024

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

Published - April 3, 2024

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

Published - December 14, 2023

Free Webinar: Farm Planning Resources for New and Aspiring Farmers

Published - November 6, 2023

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

Published - November 1, 2023

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

Published - September 13, 2023

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

Published - August 14, 2023

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

Published - August 2, 2023

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

Published - July 23, 2023

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

Published - July 20, 2023

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

Published - July 17, 2023

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

Published - May 19, 2023

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

Published - 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

Published - March 23, 2023

Goats at Celebrity Dairy.
NC FarmLink Connects Farmers to Land

Published - 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!

Published - December 1, 2022

Ginger and turmeric roots on wooden cutting board with two piles of diced pieces
Ginger and Turmeric a High Value Crop for Local Growers

Published - November 30, 2022

Field of Carolina Sapphire trees
Buy Local: Chatham County Christmas Trees!

Published - November 15, 2022

Dried apples
Drying Apples Connects Us to Southern History

Published - October 23, 2022

Giant swallowtail butterfly on lantana.
Have You Seen the Largest Butterfly in the U.S.?

Published - September 21, 2022

Person wearing gloves tending pink and white sweet pea flowers on a trellis
Farm Visit Snapshots: Over the Moon Farm

Published - July 20, 2022

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