By Leslie BoneyNC State University LUCAMA – It was a strange group of visitors looking down on the sweet potato processing line at Scott Farms one day last month. As they listened to a plant manager talk about everything from planting to shipping, a nuclear engineer stood next to a graphic designer, a women’s studies… READ MORE
NCSU to use tiniest organisms to improve yields, reduce chemicals
RALEIGH – In a search for solutions to some of the world’s biggest agricultural challenges, a team of researchers from NC State University and three Danish universities will look to the tiniest of organisms. To raise yields to feed a fast-growing world population, they want to find ways to harness microbes that live on, in or… READ MORE
NCSU: “To feed 9 billion people…”
RALEIGH – World demand for food is epic – and rapidly growing. “By 2050 … our populations is going to grow to 9 billion people,” says NC State University Randy Woodson. “To feed 9 billion people, even at the current rate of food distribution, requires a 70% increase in food productivity worldwide – and this… READ MORE
Growing rural jobs at NC State
RALEIGH – NC State University’s Plant Sciences Initiative isn’t just about feeding hungry mouths in the developing world. It’s also about jobs in rural North Carolina. “It not only helps urban North Carolina, but it greatly helps rural North Carolina,” Dean Richard Linton of NC State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences says in the… READ MORE
At NC State, solutions to real-world problems
RALEIGH (October 26, 2016) – Whether it’s creating flame-retardant fabrics or drug-detecting nail polish, protecting the power grid or introducing sweet potatoes in sub-Saharan Africa, Randy Woodson calls it a “think and do” mentality at NC State University. “This is a place that wants to do things, that wants to build things, make things work… READ MORE
NC voters reaffirm support for public higher education
RALEIGH (March 17, 2016) – Once again, North Carolina voters affirmed their deep support for public higher education Tuesday, approving $2 billion in Connect NC bonds by a vote of 66% to 34%.1 More than two-thirds of the bonds will build capacity at public universities and community colleges across the state in high-demand fields: Medicine…. READ MORE
At NCCU, a tradition – and a future – of economic energy
DURHAM – A century ago, part of downtown Durham was known as “the Black Wall Street” because of the economic energy generated by companies like North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. and Mechanics and Farmers Bank. In 1890, black-owned property in Durham County was valued at $8,696. By 1920, that figure had exploded to $4.3… READ MORE
NCSU labs to be “transformational” for students, farms, economy
RALEIGH – With global population swelling and farm acreage shrinking, agriculture faces enormous challenges to feed and clothe the human race in coming decades. Increasingly, the answers to those challenges will be found in laboratories. And NC State University aims to revolutionize modern agriculture for both North Carolina and the world with its Plant Sciences… READ MORE
Brewing jobs at App State
BOONE – It’s easy to make jokes about majoring in beer. But Appalachian State University has skipped past the punchline to turn its Enology and Viticulture program into a major economic driver in North Carolina. The number of breweries in the state nearly tripled from 2010 to 2014, according to the North Carolina ABC Commission,… READ MORE
VIDEO: Randy Woodson on NC State and Agriculture
Agriculture remains North Carolina’s biggest industry – 80 billion dollars a year big. In the accompanying video, NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson talks about the technology – much of it developed at NC State – that supports modern agriculture. He also discusses the demands created by a global population projected to grow by 2-1/2… READ MORE