Monday, November 23rd, 2009
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STREET ADDRESS Randolph County 112 West Walker Avenue Asheboro, NC 27203 (336) 318-6000 Phone (336) 318-6011 Fax Map & Mailing Information Recent Tweets Are you a plant killer? Watch this episode of "In the Garden with Bryce Lane" to learn to keep plants alive: [more] 
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Agriculture & Food: Specialty Crops Are you a Randolph County fruit, vegetable, herb, cut flower, mushroom, or nursery crop grower; a landscaper; or an arborist? Subscribe to the Randolph County commercial horticulture listserv to get quarterly newsletters and information about upcoming events! Send an e-mail to mj2@lists.ncsu.edu and write “subscribe randolphgrowers” in the body (without quotation marks). Through the North Carolina Specialty Crops Program, a collaboration of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the Marketing Division of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, North Carolina Cooperative Extension is teaching growers how to produce and sell crops ranging from exotic purple potatoes to lettuce, specialty melons and medicinal herbs. Growers who produce these high-value crops are able to diversify and develop new income sources.
Featured Links • Marketing the Small Farm - Resources County Extension Programs • Growing Small Farms: Sustainable Agriculture in North Carolina Extension Programs at NC State University • Herbs, Vegetables, Specialty Crops, and Organics • NCSU Apiculture (Beekeeping) Program Partnerships and Organizations • Center for Environmental Farming Systems • NC Consortium on Natural Medicines • NC Crop Improvement Association • NC Specialty Crops Program Publications, Information, and News • Extension Publications for Specialty Crops • NC Organic • Sustainable Practices for Vegetable Production in the South |
