Upcoming Events for Alamance County Center
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NC Cooperative Extension and NC Cattlemen's Association are coming together to offer a Beef Quality Assurance Workshop on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at The Carolina Stockyards in Siler City, NC. The workshop begins with lunch at 12:00pm and concludes with the BQA certification test at 4:30pm.
The workshop is free unless you want to become BQA certified- the fee for certification is $15.00 for NC Cattlemen's Association members and $40.00 for non-members (which includes one year NCCA membership).
To register, please contact the Chatham County Center either by emailing extension.programs@chathamnc.org or by calling 919-542-8202.
Think Green Thursday Series--Make a Backyard Bog Garden class.
To register for the class, please contact Chris Stecker at the Alamance County Cooperative Extension Office at (336) 570-6740 or christine.stecker@alamance-nc.com.
Attached is the flyer and registration form for the Risk Management Strategies through Renewable Energy & Farm Management for African American and Native American farmers in NC Workshop II. The workshop is being held on Saturday, June, 1, 2013. Registration and admission is free. The RMA Workshop I was held January 11, 2013 included exhibits, a solar house tour and interactive workshops on how to fund renewable energy, biomass projects, benefits of crop insurance and farm management. There were more than 160 attendees!
This is a great opportunity for small farmers to participate and learn about renewable energy; such as, the development of small solar and biomass projects as well as vital information concerning strategic financial plans.
There will be two buses centrally located to provide free transportation for anyone who wishes to attend the RMA II event. These training workshops are made possible by a grant from the US Department of Agriculture, and workshop partners; Sociometrics, Inc. and 510nano.
Click here for flyer: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Flyer_Workshop-II-1.pdf
Click here for registration form: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Workshop-II_Registration-form_June-2013-1.pdf
Think Green Thursday Series--Make Your Own Rain Barrel class. **There is a fee for this class**
To register for the class, please contact Chris Stecker at the Alamance County Cooperative Extension Office at (336) 570-6740 or christine.stecker@alamance-nc.com.
Think Green Thursday Series--Gardening With Native Plants class.
To register for the class, please contact Chris Stecker at the Alamance County Cooperative Extension Office at (336) 570-6740 or christine.stecker@alamance-nc.com.
Think Green Thursday Series--Plant Propagation Techniques class. **There is a fee for this class**
To register for the class, please contact Chris Stecker at the Alamance County Cooperative Extension Office at (336) 570-6740 or christine.stecker@alamance-nc.com.
Think Green Thursday Series--Fall Vegetable Gardening class.
To register for the class, please contact Chris Stecker at the Alamance County Cooperative Extension Office at (336) 570-6740 or christine.stecker@alamance-nc.com.
