Calling Community Champions, NCDA Connecting Local Foods to Buyers, NC Small Ruminant Webinar, Cooking Safe with Slow Cookers, 4-H Scholarships, & much MORE!!!
Volunteer with our Advisory Leadership Council. Are you passionate about making a positive impact in your community? Do you have a keen interest in youth development, beautification efforts, agriculture, nutrition, or community development? If so, we invite you to join the vibrant team at NC Cooperative Extension McDowell County Center as a dedicated volunteer!
NCDA&CS recognizes the need to connect local foods to potential market opportunities. If you are a NC farmer or producer interested in connecting with potential buyers, please complete the form. The information you provide will be utilized to build an online database.
The Agriculture Advisory Board will hold a meeting on January 25 at 5:30 p.m. in the N.C. Cooperative Extension’s conference room, 60 E Court St., Marion, 2nd floor of the County Services Building.
Mark your calendars! Registration is open for the
2023-24 Winter Webinar Series. These webinars will include panel discussions by producers and specialists across the Southeast. It is FREE to attend this online webinar.
Do you have an interest in learning more about
beekeeping, and how you and your family can do it? If so this is the school for you, and the best part is that it is free! The annual Bee School fills to capacity every year, so be sure to sign up early.
There’s nothing like coming home at the end of the day and having dinner ready to serve. Whether it is soup, stew, or other favorites, you want to make sure that what you cook is safe as well as tasty.
New Year, New Goals Welcome 2024! If you are one of the crowd that always sets New Year goals, and breaks them within the first few weeks of the new year, this is for you! Follow the SMART rules to making and achieving your goals!
Summer Camp 2024 Although the weather is getting cooler, we are planning for Summer 2024. Join us in July for a week of canoeing, hiking, swimming, climbing and many other traditional camp activities.
4-H Project Books As 2023 comes to a close, it is time to reflect back on your project year. 4-H Project Record Books are a great way to make a record of all you have learned. Great prizes are awarded for those that complete project records.
State 4-H Scholarships Are you a 4-H’er who will be entering college in the Fall 2024 semester? If so, you are eligible to apply for 4-H Scholarships. Scholarships are for any graduating High School Senior in 2024.
NC State University and N.C. A&T State University work in tandem, along with federal, state and local
governments, to form a strategic partnership called N.C. Cooperative Extension.
