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News From Buncombe County Center

NC State University PhD student Alam Ramirez-Reyes leads the Soil Texture training workshop at Buncombe County Cooperative Extension.

Soil Texture Training Workshop

April 30, 2025

damage to stems tips of an oak tree

2025 Cicadas Are Here in WNC

April 30, 2025

Basket with vegetables and More In My Basket written above it

Find Local Benefits and Resources

April 29, 2025

Buncombe 4-H: May 8 4:00pm — Exploring food webs with owl pellets at Extension Office

May Exploring 4-H Club Meeting

April 29, 2025

People selecting plants to purchase

2025 Spring Fling Plant Sale, May 10

April 29, 2025

Child planting seedling

Garden Chores in May

April 29, 2025

Attendees installing live stakes at workshop in Woodfin NC

Replanting Streams and Riverbanks

April 29, 2025

Field of tall green grass with tree line, small white greenhouses and distant mountain

NC State Plant Science Initiative Fosters Innovation

April 28, 2025

Photo of a ferris wheel at the fair with mountains and fall season colors in background.

Garden to Fair : Enter Your Bounty

April 28, 2025

1954 Photo of the Arthur Family Farm at the intersection of Brevard Road and Long Shoals Road, Avery's Creek Community, South Buncombe County.

Buncombe County Cooperative Extension : The 1950s

April 25, 2025

Roadside hillside with numerous fallen trees and standing leafless trunks beneath cloudy sky

Hurricane Helene Forest Recovery Workshop

April 22, 2025

NC Hosts National Urban Extension Leaders Regional Conference May 6-8

April 11, 2025

Pasture Weeds & Control — WNC Beef Cattle Commission meeting, April 17, 2025, 6:30 pm, Canton NC

Pasture Weeds & Control Methods - April WNC Beef Cattle Commission Meeting

April 8, 2025

Young Holstein calf being bottle fed by a young participant of the WNC Dairy Steer project.

2025 WNC Dairy Steer Project

April 7, 2025

Weather map

Citizen Science Program Needs Your Help Observing the Weather

April 2, 2025

firewise landscape

Protecting Your Home & Landscape From Fire

March 28, 2025

Eight people standing under banner "NC Cooperative Extension Rutherford County Center"

From Pasture to Plate: EFNEP Educators Discover the Secrets of Big Bottom Milk Company

March 28, 2025

Livestock in a field

Livestock Considerations for Wildfire Preparation

March 27, 2025

Person in cap cutting vine with pruning shears at base of large tree in a forest

Invasive Plant Management: Forming a Game Plan After Helene

March 27, 2025

A farm field showing eroded streambanks and flood deposits.

2025 Agricultural Disaster Crop Loss Program - Apply before May 4!

March 27, 2025

Pink colored Bishop's Hat flower.

April Ornamental Highlight: Epimedium (Bishop's Hat)

March 26, 2025

Small stacked jars of preserved cherries with gold lids on a kitchen countertop

What It Takes to Start a New Food Business

March 25, 2025

Photo of a smartphone showing the Shop Simple with MyPlate app.

Shop Simple With MyPlate

March 25, 2025

Outdoor Cookery Workshop — rescheduled due to weather. Thu May 22, 3–5 PM, Buncombe Extension

4-H Outdoor Cookery Workshop

March 25, 2025

4-H Presentations 101: Apr 8 5–6:30pm; Apr 24 3:30–5:30pm; May 15 2–7pm; Jun 21

4-H Presentation 101 Workshop

March 25, 2025

Home Demonstration Agent Mamie Sue Evans hosts a food canning class for a group of women in 1941.

Buncombe County Cooperative Extension: The 1940s

March 25, 2025

Hoop-style greenhouse beside raised vegetable beds in a sunlit backyard garden

Garden Chores in April

March 24, 2025

North Carolina map showing station average freeze dates by location; legend and Asheville AP details

Last Frost in the Garden?

March 24, 2025

Sunset over green pasture with grazing sheep and distant farmhouse under cloud-filled sky

Building Back: Farm Protection and Soil Health Webinar Series

March 14, 2025

Photo of Jack Shull of Youth Villages and Amanda Bremseth of Buncombe County Cooperative Extension.

EFNEP Classes Offered Through Cooperative Extension

March 12, 2025

4-H International Exchange Program Host Families Needed!

March 7, 2025

2025 WNC Market Hog Project

March 6, 2025

This image describes what all to consider when thinking about fire-wise landscaping

Fire Wise Landscaping

March 3, 2025

A picture of a sassafras tree with a entry hole made by an ambrosia beetle with brown streaked vascular tissue.

Granulate Ambrosia Beetle: Pest Alert

February 26, 2025

Information flyer for NC A&T University's Small Farms Week conference.

Small Farms Week

February 26, 2025

Exploring 4-H Club

February 26, 2025

Digital Flyer for Soil Remediation Workshop titled "Restoring the Farm: From the Ground Up"

Restoring the Farm: From the Ground Up

February 25, 2025

counter with various meal prep containers on it

Let's Meal Prep for a Healthier You!

February 25, 2025

Announcement for NCDA&CS Free Agronomic Services for WNC Growers

Free Agronomic Services for Western NC Growers

February 25, 2025

HURRICANE HELENE FOREST RECOVERY WORKSHOP flyer — March 21, 2025, 1:00–4:00pm, Asheville NC

Helene Forestry Recovery Workshop- March 21st, 2025

February 24, 2025

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